Injuries

The Celtics won Game 1 of the NBA Finals. This is good.
Perkins and Pierce are both hurt. This is not good.

Granted, the name of the blog is Start Playing Leon Powe, but I don't want his playing time to stem from one, if not two, of the starting five going down with an injury.

While everyone is talking about Pierce's knee, it is Kendrick's ankle that appears to be the more serious of the two for right now. While number 34 might get limited minutes, there's a chance that Perk might not be able to go at all. The concensus appears that PJ Brown will get the start but Leon's minutes would go up drastically. With all of the time off, I think Doc should still stick with Posey, Powe and House off the bench with Big Baby maybe getting some playing time if there's foul trouble involved. The three days rest was crucial. I would write more leading into tonight's game but it's currently 400 degrees Celsius in Boston right now. I will however, leave you with Leon's stat line from Thursday night:

9 minutes
4 points
4 rebounds (2 offensive)
1-1 FG
2-2 FT
0 turnovers