With the first round of the playoffs set to begin next week, the Celtics have been cautiously optimistic about the return of starting center Robert Williams.
Although, Williams’s rehab seems to be moving ahead of schedule, Boston still isn’t expecting to have him for its first playoff series, according to coach Ime Udoka.
During a press conference Wednesday, Udoka gave an update on Williams’s recovery from surgery on a torn meniscus in his left knee, saying that he expects to see the 24-year-old center back on the court “sooner, than later.” However, he explained that the Celtics are going into the first round of the playoffs with the mindset that the team will be without its young big man.