For most men, the hairline is the last line of defense to hold, and thick hair that never goes bald is especially important for men who want to maintain their temperament, but for Celtics guard Derrick White, hair loss has been a blessing in disguise.
In the first round of the NBA playoffs that just ended, the Boston Celtics easily defeated the Miami Heat 118-84 at home, thus eliminating the Heat with a total score of 4-1 and successfully advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals. White played 29 minutes in this game, scoring a game-high 25 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal on 8-of-13 shooting and 5-of-10 three-pointers.
White became the laughing stock of the league last year because of his receding hairline, and then he simply broke the jar and broke the hairstyle, and directly changed his hairstyle to a bald head before the start of the 2023-24 season. Since turning bald, White's stats have steadily increased, finishing the regular season with the Celtics' best plus/minus (+8.5) and establishing himself as the team's No. 1 two-way player. White is averaging 2.7 points per game on three-pointers, second on the team behind Jayson Tatum (3.1 per game). Even more impressively, the bald White was even more unstoppable in the playoffs, becoming the Celtics' second-best player, and even the Celtics' best player in some games.
The following playoff stats are a perfect example of how the Bald Buff can be added to White:
Haired: 10.9 points per game, hitting 1.5 three-pointers, 46%/39%/83% shooting
Bald: Averaged 22.4 points per game, hitting 4.2 three-pointers at a 58%/48%/90% shooting rate
After scoring 25 points in Game 5 of Thursday's win over the Heat, White gave credit to head coach Joe Mazzulla in an interview with Yahoo Sports' Justin Leger, who he said gave him the confidence to get better day by day. But I think White should be more grateful for his genes, and the Celtics have to make sure that White doesn't have a repair treatment for his hair in the future, and they need to be bald.