Celtics rookie Tremont Waters didn’t hear the cheers and applause from the TD Garden crowd upon subbing into the game Monday night.
“I was all over the place,” Waters said. “My nerves were everywhere.”
Eleven seconds after checking in, Waters attempted his first shot: a 24-foot three-pointer. He air-balled it. He also missed his next shot, this time a 29-foot three-pointer that clanked off the back of the rim. But Waters, a two-way player making his NBA debut, soon settled in and finished with an individual plus-minus of plus-20 to help the Celtics edge the Sacramento Kings, 103-102.