Whiteside's stellar performance against the Clippers led Stevens to decide to give him more chances and look for opportunities to add them to the starting lineup. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the subsequent game against the Hawks, Stevens gave Whiteside more than 30 minutes for the first time, although the Celtics eventually lost, and Li Yang's performance in this game was not as good as his average per game, only 20 points and 5 assists, but Whiteside still had an excellent performance in this game, with 17 points, 14 rebounds and 4 blocks, which is the best player in the Celtics' interior line.

After Whiteside put in two games in a row, Stevens is already thinking about how to adjust his line-up to start Whiteside.

After the start of the new season, the Celtics' starting lineup is not fixed, which is mainly related to the current situation of the Celtics.

Li Yang and Bradley are the more stable players in the team's starting lineup, and Jeff Green is due to a certain overlap between the position and Li Yang, and the contract is about to expire, and Danny Ainge is ready to trade away at the beginning of the season.

However, in order not to let Jeff Green's trade value drop, Stevens has also been letting Green appear in the starting lineup since the start of the new season.

Smart is the next training target of the Celtics, and he will naturally not be traded away, but because of his instability in the outside offense, and the Celtics' ball control is more concentrated in the hands of Li Yang, whether he will enter the starting lineup is basically determined by the opponent's situation.

Sullinger was also a key target for the Celtics, but he didn't seem to have room for improvement in the past two seasons, especially this season, his performance has declined, and his position with the Celtics is actually not very secure.

Stevens is also going to watch one or two more games to see how Whiteside stacks up with Salinger and Green when he's on the court, and then decide which of the two should be in the starting lineup when putting Whiteside in the starting lineup.

Stevens' plan was disrupted by a sudden surprise, and after a day off after the loss to the Pistons, the Celtics had another game against the Orlando Magic.

This season, the Celtics' performance is undoubtedly better than the Magic, and in the game, the Celtics have indeed been firmly controlling the situation on the court, and the game is basically in the leading stage.

The accident happened near the end of the third quarter, when Bradley left the game with a right hamstring strain and did not return until the end of the game.

Bradley's departure didn't affect the course of the game too much, and with a seven-point advantage going into the final quarter, the Celtics stabilized the situation in the fourth quarter and won a game on the road to avoid a losing streak.

However, the news of the team's return after the game diluted the joy of the team's victory, according to the team doctor's diagnosis, Bradley will likely be out for about four weeks due to a thigh strain, which also means that Bradley will not be on the field for the next month.

In the NBA, injuries are an unavoidable topic, but when the team suffered their first injury of the season, it was clear that the mood of the Celtics' players and uniform crew was somewhat affected.

At this time, the problem in front of the Celtics came, Bradley, as one of the most important players on the outside of Li Yang's team, how to make up for his injury and absence, this is also a problem in front of Stevens.

Compared with the hoarding of a bunch of players on the inside, the Celtics' outside line is undoubtedly relatively weak, especially on the guard line, except for players like Li Yang and Turner who can play the second or third positions at the same time, the Celtics' real guard players are only Bradley, Thornton, James Young, Smart and Phil Plessy, and among them, James Ger and Phil Plessy are still rookie players, and they have not had many opportunities to play this season.

Bradley's injury, the scoring guard suddenly has no one suitable to go upright.

And there wasn't much time left for Stevens to think about it, as they were about to face a back-to-back game against a very tough opponent, the Chicago Bulls.

The Chicago Bulls have a full roster this season and signed Pau Gasol in the free market, and they have been very good since the start of the season, with a solid record in the top three in the East.

A team like the Bulls, who rely on a defensive footing, has been relatively consistent throughout the season, and if it weren't for a very major injury, they would have been able to finish the season with a very good standing.

The Raptors are still in first place with a 16-6 record, followed by the Wizards with a 14-6 record, and the Hawks jumped from fifth to third with a winning record since December, also with a 14-6 record.

The Bulls are 13-7 and ranked fourth in the East, the Celtics have a record of 12-7 and are fifth, and the Cavaliers are 13-8 and are sixth.

The Bulls, Celtics and Cavaliers are all very close to each other, and if the Celtics win, they will overtake the Bulls to move back into fourth place in the East, and if they lose this game, they will fall behind the Cavaliers and fall to sixth place in the East.

Therefore, this game is also very concerned by fans from several parties, and because the Bulls are also one of the teams that are chasing Li Yang this summer, this game has attracted more and more attention.

"Viewers, it's great to be back with the NBA regular season commentary by Mike Brin and Jeff Van Gundy as we watch the Boston Celtics host the Bulls......

Mike Brin and Jeff Van Gundy arrived at home of the Celtics, who haven't had much of a national live broadcast this season, and this game happened to be one of them.

"This was the first Celtic game I played this season and it was a shame that their main point guard, Avery Bradley, was injured in the last game. ”

As soon as Mike Brin finished speaking, Jeff Van Gundy immediately picked up the topic and said, "yes, so we're curious to see what kind of starting lineup Brad Stevens will make for this game." ”

"Let's look at the big screen to find out, with both teams fielding their starting line-ups. ”