Kemba Walker’s transition to Boston couldn’t have gone much more smoothly in the first three months of the regular season. The likable point guard was not only a breath of fresh air in the locker room according to teammates and the coaching staff but he was living up to every penny of his max contract on the floor with some sensational numbers through the month of January.
Outside of an injury scare in Denver, Walker was the durable engine of the Celtics' offense that had them surpassing early expectations and playing themselves into contenders in the Eastern Conference. Once a sore knee cropped up in January, things have started to change.
The guy we saw on Sunday night (14 points, 4-of-14 FG, 2-of-9 3pt) in his third game back from a knee injection has been the standard for the past month from a production standpoint and that was before he committed a game-deciding turnover in the final 10 seconds of a heartbreaking 105-104 loss to the Thunder. Before we get into Walker’s struggles, let’s talk about that turnover for a minute as the Celtics blew yet another highly winnable game on their home floor in the last week.
After the game, Brad Stevens did his best to defend his point guard in the game-deciding sequence after electing to inbounds the ball in the backcourt instead of advancing it to the frontcourt with a timeout with 13 seconds remaining in the game.
Just give Dennis the 6MOY already ?♂️ pic.twitter.com/nfqEWTdu29
— Thunder Nation (@ThunderNationCP) March 9, 2020
