Celtics center Robert Williams III was forced to miss the final seven games of the regular season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn left lateral meniscus on March 30, but according to a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Williams could potentially return in the Celtics’ first-round series against the Nets.
The impact of Williams’ absence was already noted by Brooklyn’s Bruce Brown, who drew the ire of Kevin Durant by telling the media that the Nets can attack the Celtics in the paint with Williams out.
During an appearance on ESPN on Wednesday, Wojnarowski said that Williams has been steadily progressing toward a return, and there’s a ‘very real’ possibility he plays against the Nets at some point in the series.
“The possibility, I’m told, is very real, that Robert Williams could return in this first-round series. Game 6 would fall on one month, just about one month, from his left knee meniscus surgery back on March 30th. And the thought from the very beginning was because of the nature of this meniscus surgery that he could be back even within that one month timetable.
And so he has continued to progress, he’s met all his benchmarks so far I’m told.”
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