BOSTON — As Derrick White went to the line for his 25th and 26th points of the night, the TD Garden crowd showered the Celtics guard in the 'MVP' chants usually reserved for teammate Jayson Tatum.
Apr 18, 2023; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics guard Derrick White reacts after his basket against the Atlanta Hawks in the fourth quarter during game two of the 2023 NBA playoffs at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports - 20491630BOSTON — As Derrick White went to the line for his 25th and 26th points of the night, the TD Garden crowd showered the Celtics guard in the"MVP" chants usually reserved for teammate Jayson Tatum.
Behind Dejounte Murray, Patty Mills and Tony Parker on the depth chart, White spent much of his rookie year in the G League. Murray's torn ACL, Parker's exit and Mills' success as a sparkplug off the bench left a vacancy in the 2018-19 starting lineup, and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich rewarded White's improvement.
That changed over the course of this season, White's first full with the Celtics, as Tatum and Jaylen Brown encouraged their USA Basketball teammate to make defenses pay for double-teaming Boston's All-Stars."We're just so much more of a dynamic team when D-White is asserting himself and being aggressive," Tatum said after scoring a team-high 29 points in Tuesday's win."We've talked about him being too passive and looking for guys too much.
White's 65.6% shooting at the rim and 38.1% clip from 3-point range are easily the most efficient of his career, and he deserves his first selection to an All-Defensive team. His +9.3 on/off rating is nearly twice the mark of the next-best member of the Celtics, whose +6.7 net rating led the NBA during the regular season.
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