Playing in pain, Robert Williams III still making an impact for Celtics

The playoffs, we are told constantly, are all about adjustments.

For Boston center Robert Williams III, however, we’re talking something more like the adjustments made by chiropractors – oof! ouch! – than by coaches working overtime on the white board.

Williams’ left knee has become a major player unto itself through three games of the 2022 NBA Finals. When it’s sore – a lingering discomfort from surgery in late March to repair a torn meniscus, compounded by semi-regular usage – Williams will noticeably limp up and down the court and play with limited effectiveness, if at all.

When the knee is loose and causing the fourth-year big man from tiny Oil City, Louisiana, less severe discomfort, Williams can be decidedly disruptive as a defender while providing a potent alley-oop option to the Celtics’ offense. He was both of those things in Boston’s 116-100 victory in Game 3.

Source: https://www.nba.com/news/playing-in-pain-robert-williams-iii-still-making-an-impact-for-celtics