Boston Celtics: 3 key individual performances from the 2019-20 season

Now is a better time than ever to look back and appreciate the best individual performances of the Boston Celtics season.

It’s been almost a month since the NBA season was suspended. The Boston Celtics haven’t played since a 114-111 victory over the Indiana Pacers on March 10th…aka the day before the 2019-20 season stopped.

Who knows when there will be games again? Even if there is a post-season tournament that determines an NBA champion, there won’t be fans there to revel in the glory of the greatest league in the world.

Instead of looking ahead into what will feel like the distant future, now is a good time to appreciate the past. Through this unprecedented time in history, ESPN has been replaying classic games to help satisfy the appetite of sports fans everywhere.

Ditto for the regional networks. It will never replace the live game experience, obviously. Who knows when it will even be safe for thousands of fans to pack the arenas across the country.

We’re not here to think about that now. We’re here to think about the good times.

And good times there were plenty in 2019-20. The C’s were the third place team in the east when play was suspended. Kemba Walker was an All-Star starter while Jayson Tatum was a first-time All-Star himself.

Jaylen Brown took the leap from bench player to essential starter, while Gordon Hayward rewrote the narrative in Boston from injury-riddled star cashing checks he wasn’t living up to returning veteran looking for redemption.

Elsewhere on the roster, feel-good defensive performances from the likes of Marcus Smart and Daniel Theis helped the team clamp down when the time called for it. Rookie Grant Williams stepped up and became a rotation player and Brad Wanamaker provided value as a journeyman back-up.

Before I go on, let’s hone in on the three best individual performances of the season. We all could use a bit of Boston Celtics-related happiness: