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Now You Know Who Brandon Bass Is

The journeyman Brandon Bass dominated in the third quarter on Monday night, helping the Celtics to take a 3-2 series lead over the Sixers.

Game 5 performances from bench prove Celtics go much deeper than Big 3

Brandon Bass exploded for a career-high 27 points, including 18 in the pivotal third quarter, to power the Celtics past Philadelphia 101-85 in Game 5.

Instead of Voicing Frustration, Brandon Bass Stays Humble, Does His Job

It had been a relatively rocky road for Brandon Bass this postseason prior to Game 5 last night. After getting neutralized by Josh Smith for the majority of the first round series against Atlanta, Doc Rivers had appeared to lose some faith in his starting power forward by opting to go small late in the first four games of the Philadelphia series.

How bad had it gotten for Bass? A guy who had averaged 33.8 minutes per game and 13 ppg in the regular season? Before Game 5, the former LSU star had played a grand total of 13 seconds of a fourth quarter against Philadelphia in Games 1-4 combined. It should also be noted those 14 seconds were at the end of game 4, when Philly had already secured the win. That’s four playoff games where a guy who had been a pretty integral part of the team’s regular season success didn’t even have a chance to see the floor in crunch time. For this entire series, Doc had been sending him out for a few minutes of the third quarter and that was that