The Celtics restricted his playing time in the regular season, but he was completely out of touch in the playoffs.

In the previous NBA Eastern Conference semi-finals G6, the New York Knicks, who returned to their home court, defeated the Boston Celtics 119-91. After this game, the Knicks locked the total score of the series at 4-2 and successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. They will compete with the Indiana Pacers for a place in the finals; while the defending champion Celtics were somewhat unexpectedly eliminated in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

In this game, Celtics' substitute inside player Kristaps Porzingis continued his disastrous performance. Porzingis played 11 minutes and 29 seconds in the whole game, made 1 of 4 shots, 211 from the three-point line, 1 of 2 free throws, and only scored 4 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block. He also had 2 fouls, with a plus-negative value of -14. Porzingis' performance on both offense and defense is still unsatisfactory. His offensive efficiency is still poor, his scoring ability is still not displayed, and he has not provided basic support to the team at all on the offensive end. Porzingis's performance on the defensive end is still very bad, and his defensive focus is still quite obvious. It is obvious that Porzingis is completely out of shape on both offense and defense, and he is unable to get more playing time and performance opportunities.

In the NBA regular season this season, Porzingis played 42 games in 82 games, averaging 28.8 minutes per game, averaging 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 1.5 blocks, and 1.3 turnovers and 2.8 fouls. His shooting percentage was 48.3%, a three-point shooting percentage of 41.2%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 80.9%. During the playoffs, Porzingis averaged 21 minutes in 11 games, with averaging 7.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.8 blocks, 0.9 turnovers and 2.4 fouls, shooting percentage of 31.6%, three-point shooting percentage of 15.4%, and free throw shooting percentage of 68.9%.

Porzingis' salary this season is as high as $26.29 million. The Celtics are very cautious about his use during the regular season. His playing time and number of appearances have been strictly limited, and his attendance rate is only 50%. The purpose of the Celtics paying him a high salary and reducing his playing time is very clear, which is to hope that he can enter the playoffs in a healthy state and have a stable output during the playoffs. As a result, in the playoffs, I didn’t expect Porzingis’ performance to decline so significantly, and it can be said that he has no competitiveness at all. It is no exaggeration to say that Porzingis's performance has also largely led to the team's collapse and elimination. I really don't know how the Celtics will handle his contract this summer.