Luca Garza, a strong return to Joe Mazzula’s rotation
« It was only a matter of time. I just wanted to make sure that when I got this chance, I would do everything I could to help the Celtics. “The result, Luka Garza he’s making the most of his chance right now and helping the Celtics a lot.
Last illustration last night on the jazz floor where he had a direct impact off the bench: 15 points (6/8 shooting, including 2/2 3-pointers) and 6 rebounds in 19 minutes, with a +13 rating when he was in the game.
« Credit really goes to the player development staff and Luka for staying prepared and trusting our process. », recently delivered by Joe Mazzulla about his inner self that he had recently been deprived of.
After a good streak in mid-November (13 points average in 4 outings), the 52nd pick in the 2021 draft has gradually disappeared from the rotation. Up to four “DNP” in a row in mid-December. And then came this game against the Raptors, ending with his first double-double of the season (12 points and 10 rebounds), then his 15 points more recently against the Pacers.
Through five games, the center averaged around 11 points (64%) and 6 rebounds a night, double his career average. Proof that being out of the rotation wasn’t all bad for the former Pistons and Wolves player.
He learned to put things into perspective
« When you’re outside and you look in, you want to come back. There is a great awareness, an increased urgency when you get that opportunity, but I believed. I’m surrounded by a lot of good people who push me, I keep the right mindset », says Garza after the match against the Pacers.
The latter, who has waxed NBA benches most often since his beginnings, says that he has gotten used to this kind of process. Even if it wasn’t always easy to live with. The interior remembers his rookie year in Detroit where, when he had a chance to get on the floor, he tended to “ too much force » and lose confidence.
Result: ” I got cut and left the league. I had to go through E-10 (CONTRACT Exhibit 10) to try to join the team and come back. That moment gave me a lot more perspective on everything, realizing that at the end of the day, even if I’m not playing or in the rotation, I’m living my dream. I never thought I’d get to this point…playing for the Celtics “, he confides.
So being left out of the rotation doesn’t scare him too much. ” I’ve been in this situation for most of my career, watching, waiting for an opportunity, and I think it helps to have so much experience. So it’s nothing I haven’t seen before, but the cool thing is that I knew it was coming back », term-t-il.
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| Luka Garza | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2021-22 | THE | 32 | 12:09 | 44.9 | 32.7 | 62.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 5.8 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 28 | 8:41 am | 54.3 | 35.9 | 78.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.5 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 25 | 4:53 | 48.0 | 28.1 | 72.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 39 | 5:37 | 49.5 | 27.8 | 68.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.5 |
| 2025-26 | BOS | 23 | 14:39 | 57.8 | 41.9 | 76.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 6.7 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
2025-12-31 12:28:00
