- ABC News
- October 27, 2017
MILWAUKEE -- Earlier this week, after a stretch of games in which Celtics big man Al Horford had bottled up the likes of Kristaps Porzingis, Ben Simmons?and Joel Embiid, Boston coach Brad Stevens wanted to put the spotlight on a player who would never request it for himself. "A lot of names get thrown around, rightfully so, in the defensive talk around the league. There's a lot of really good defenders, but Al's up there and doesn't always get mentioned, and that's OK with Al," Stevens said after Tuesday's win over the New York Knicks. "I think that he's kind of proven that he's OK with just contributing to winning and whether he gets talked about or not. But he was great on Simmons on Friday [and] he was unbelievable [Tuesday] on Porzingis." So when the Celtics trekked to Milwaukee on Thursday night for a rematch with a? Bucks?team that had spoiled Boston's home opener, Stevens deployed Horford with a single mission: Do what...