On May 10, Beijing time, the NBA semifinals continued to unfold, and the first to play will be the G4 match between the Bucks and the Celtics, and the Green Army fell behind 1-2 after the first three games. Before G4 started, the championship-winning favourite Celtics suddenly suffered a blow, and inside lineman Robert Williams will miss the game due to left knee pain.
The news was still quite sudden, williams' name was not in the previous injury report, but it did not happen before the game, which also caught the Celtics a little off guard.
Williams is the team's starting interior lineman, he has a strong body, and his athletic ability is also excellent, which can help the team to hold the inside line. He played in five games in the playoffs, averaging 20.2 minutes per game, 6.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks, shooting 56% from the field. Without him, Theis might have gotten playing time.
For Williams' absence, Green Army coach Uduka also revealed the reason, saying: "He didn't feel much in his knees after G3, but today he suddenly exploded and felt pain during the warm-up, and he couldn't move as he wished, but this was also expected." With Williams' absence, the Greens can only passively adjust the starting lineup, and another Grant Williams will take his place as the starting player, focusing on the alphabet brother. That said, the Celtics will be smaller this time, with Horford playing the center position.
Now that the Celtics are 1-2 behind, the starting center is absent, or the Bucks home, all kinds of unfavorable news, the championship favorites are likely to fall into a 1-3 behind unfavorable situation. After sweeping the Nets 4-0 in the first round, the Celtics were optimistic that they could compete for the championship, but from the current situation, it can only be said that the Nets have not caused them enough trouble. It depends on whether the Celtics can withstand this time, whether the double probe Tatum and Brown can usher in an outbreak, once they fall behind 1-3, it will be very passive, which means that every subsequent game is a life-and-death battle.