Kevin Martin didn't exactly say before tonight's game at Boston that he won't play but he sure sounded like it.
Kevin Martin on hurting knee before Boston game: "Something I've got to get right"
Don't expect starting shooting guard to play against Celtics
December 17, 2013 at 2:30PM
Martin played just 19 minutes in Sunday's victory at Memphis because of what he'd only specify as a hurting knee and didn't score for the first time since Valentine's Day 2012.
Asked before the game if it was his decision or Rick Adelman's decision, Martin said: "That's a knee decision. It doesn't feel good at all. It's something I've got to get right. I don't know. It's hard to tell. There's a lot of pain in the knee. It's a time I've got to get it right."
Adelman claimed 90 minutes before the game that he didn't know if Martin will play.
His option when he doesn't: Start Robbie Hummel or Luc Mbah a Moute at small forward and move Corey Brewer to Martin's guard spot or start Alexey Shved or JJ Barea at shooting guard against a smallish Celtics backcourt of Avery Bradley and Jordan Crawford and keep Brewer where he's at.
Martin said the knee has been bothering him since a game at Detroit last week. He said he didn't hit it or hurt it in a specific play.
"Just over time," he said. "Maybe old-man age."
The “sticky” ball that coach Chris Finch so deplores showed up for the first game, after a preseason when offense happened smoothly. On defense, “resistance” was missing, the coach said.
