Overview
- The two-way rookie logged roughly 26 minutes with nine points, seven rebounds, two blocks and a steal in Boston’s 102-94 victory over Portland, playing more than starter Neemias Queta.
- Coach Joe Mazzulla highlighted Williams’s screening and ability to create separation for guards, noting solid impact on both ends of the floor.
- His opportunity expanded with Luka Garza sidelined by illness and followed a recent call-up when Queta was ill, which thrust Williams into higher-leverage spots.
- Before the Portland game, he supplied a key assist, a go-ahead layup and a clinching block in a double-overtime win in Brooklyn, then made his first NBA start against Chicago with modest returns.
- Strong double-double production with the Maine Celtics and continuity in system underpin his readiness, though his two-way deal caps NBA appearances even as coaches and teammates see rotation potential.