The good news is that Boston Celtics starting point guard Kemba Walker finally made his season debut.
The bad news is that it came in one of the worst-shooting games in the history of the franchise. The Celtics couldn’t find the basket if it was the sea and they were skipping pebbles in it, connecting on a season-low (and near-historic low) 29.8% fromm the field and a jaw-droppingly poor 15.2% from beyond the arc. In an effort that hardly qualifies as worthy of such a word, the matinee debut of the UConn product saw the team mostly stand around waiting for Walker to create instead of matching the attack of the Knicks.
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The New Yorker himself related as much post-game, saying, “my teammates were so excited I was back, they kind of sat around and watched me”.
And while it is indeed good news the former All-Star is back on the court — and true that pretty much every team has a game or two like this one — it was hopefully an object lesson for the now 8-4 Celtics.
On to the next one.
