(549) Miami Heat at (550) Boston Celtics -8, 215
Finn's Pick to Click is a Player Prop on Grant Williams' Points + Rebounds
The minutes for Grant Williams will continue to increase especially in a picture-perfect setting tonight at TD Garden. The closed-mouth treatment the media is getting about the effects Malcolm Brogdon's injured hand has had on his recent shooting performance is as loud and clear as if the Celtics coaching staff handed us the Brogdon medical report. The responsibility that Williams holsters defensively isn't any more important than what the power forward brings offensively, especially spreading the floor and knocking down a three-pointer or three tonight.
Brogdon's injury to his shooting hand is listed as apparent by most major media portals. All things equal the injury is to his elbow creating nerve issues from his elbow to his forearm, shooting elbow, and forearm. When does become transparent? The injury isn't apparent, it is obvious, the eye test is enough to make one a believer but his Game 1 and Game 2 stat line compared to that of Game 3 and Game 4 are the metrical evidence that is needed for the pudding. Brogdon saw his minutes cut in half in the pair of matchups in Miami which resulted in a total of two points on 1-of-11 shooting from the field and 0-for-5 from the three-line.
Williams' minutes increase while Brogdon becomes the Celtics' injury to watch. The injury could well join the designation of Heat point guard Gabe Vincent who has been ruled out for tonight's meet on TD Wood. Tony's Game 5 Pick to Click is a play on Williams' Points + Rebounds over 10.5.