Multiple Sixers single out Quentin Grimes after season-saving road win

BOSTON -- In the NBA Playoffs, teams always need a role player to step up and produce in order to turn the tide in any series. The Philadelphia 76ers might have found that player in the form of Quentin Grimes.

Grimes was fantastic in Tuesday's 113-97 Game 5 win over the Boston Celtics. The 5-year guard out of Houston scored 18 points and knocked down four big 3-pointers to help the Sixers get the job done. Philadelphia doesn't win this game without his production on a big night off the bench.

"It's huge, man," Tyrese Maxey said. "We know we need Q. We know we needed Q all season. He's been good all season. He's done a good job of just playing his role, sticking with it. He's had multiple roles. He started, he came off the bench, but tonight, he just did a good job of just defending. He just guarded his tail off the entire night, and that was really good for us, man. We really needed him to do that. He made shots, bro. He shot shots and he made shots, and that was big time."

It wasn't a great start for Grimes as he committed a bad turnover that led to a Celtics bucket while also having some tough defensive possessions. Following that initial stint, he got going. He drilled a big 3-pointer while being fouled and allowed him to get going as he helped the Sixers win this one.

"First of all, I thought he had a little different confidence to him, for one thing," coach Nick Nurse stated. "He kind of saw one go in and then I think Jo (Joel Embiid) found him a little bit from post up and out. Tyrese did a good job of play calling for him as well, and it was a huge lift, because, I think it lifted him, personally on the other end too, because he had a couple really good defensive possessions and that was good."