After Joe Mazzulla ran with the regular rotation in the Boston Celtics’ first preseason game on Sunday night, he turned to the backups on Monday against the New York Knicks.
Boston rolled out a starting lineup of Payton Pritchard, Dalano Banton, Sam Hauser, Oshae Brissett, and Luke Kornet, with seven more guys earning playing time off the bench, Svi Mykhailiuk among them.
The Ukranian wing joined the Celtics this summer on a non-guaranteed contract and is slated to fight for rotational minutes with Brissett, Banton, Hauser, and others heading into the season.
“Everybody’s a different player,” Mykhailiuk said after Monday’s loss.