The Celtics were fairly clear about their strategy in defending the Spurs superstar: Give up threes rather than twos and hope he can't shoot you out of the game. The strategy makes some sense - Wembanyama is solid, but he's only making 35 percent of his 3-point attempts this year. Joe Mazzulla loves to try to manipulate the math in his favor, and when part of the equation is a 7-foot-4 center that can do a little bit of everything offensively, the numbers become more difficult to square.
At the end of the day, you saw a guy in his most vulnerable state and you're seeing that journey back. That journey may start today, but there's no endgame to that, it may be a long time. I think along the way you have to have a sense of gratitude and a sense of perspective.