CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Markelle Fultz remained on the 76ers’ bench for the third consecutive game in Monday’s 117-101 Eastern Conference semifinal setback to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.
Brett Brown said his decision to give T.J. McConnell the backup point guard minutes over Fultz, the first overall pick in last year’s draft, “shouldn’t shock anybody, given how we arrived and where we’ve arrived.”
Fultz played 4 minutes, 21 seconds in the first half of Game 3 of the first-round series against the Miami Heat on March 19. However, McConnell took over the point-guard duties in the second half of what was Fultz’s last playoff game.