Chris Forsberg explains how Kristaps Porzingis made an impact well beyond the box score in his Celtics return Monday night at TD Garden.
, to the anticipatory rumble inside TD Garden when Porzingis emerged from the tunnel, to the full roar when the 7-foot-2 big man threw his arm skyward to acknowledge the crowd.
Consider this: Boston ranked 24th in the NBA while allowing opponents to shoot 65.6 percent inside five feet in its 17 games this season without Porzingis. That number plummeted to 51.5 percent in Porzingis’ debut against the Clippers. Boston is able to gamble more with Porzingis on the back line, and that manifested itself in a combined 21 steals and blocks, the second highest stocks output of the season for Boston .
It's not always going to look as good as it did in that dominant second frame. The start of the third quarter showed that Boston is still more than capable of losing its focus for a maddening amount of time. But the Celtics caught themselves and tore the game open yet again.
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