Jordan Walsh finished Thursday's win over the Wizards with 22 points (8-of-8 FGs, 5-of-6 FTs), seven rebounds, three assists, two steals, one block and one three-pointer.
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Jordan Walsh finished Thursday's win over the Wizards with 22 points (8-of-8 FGs, 5-of-6 FTs), seven rebounds, three assists, two steals, one block and one three-pointer.Walsh benefitted from Jaylen Brown's absence on Thursday, producing the best offensive night of his NBA career. Not only did the former second-round pick notch a career-high point total, but this was his first 20-point game as a pro. Over the past two weeks, Walsh has been close to a top-100 player in eight- and nine-cat formats. While he hasn't reached the point where he needs to be rostered in more than four percent of Yahoo! leagues, Walsh is trending in the right direction.
Payton Pritchard, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Jordan Walsh and Neemias Queta will start Tuesday's game against the Knicks.White and Queta are available after sitting out Sunday's win over the Cavaliers. Their returns mean that Sam Hauser and Xavier Tillman head back to the bench, but only Hauser is guaranteed to play rotation minutes. Boston's other three starters are unchanged.
Jordan Walsh emerging as the violent defender' Celtics were promisedAfter Jordan Walsh's career night, Chris Forsberg breaks down how the young Celtics wing has become a legitimate difference-maker on defense.
Payton Pritchard, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Jordan Walsh and Luka Garza will start Wednesday's game against the Pistons.The Celtics are without Neemias Queta for Wednesday's game, as he sprained his left ankle during Sunday's win over the Magic. He'll be replaced in the lineup by Garza, who may be the post player most capable of dealing with the Pistons' physical frontcourt among the options available to head coach Joe Mazzulla. That's the lone change to the starting lineup.
13 for 13, Part 2: Assessing key Celtics role players through 13 gamesChris Forsberg continues his "13 for 13" series by assessing the play of Celtics role players Jordan Walsh, Hugo Gonzalez, Josh Minott and Luka Garza.