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Celtics' Jonas Jerebko: Shifting back to bench

Jerebko will shift back to the bench Wednesday against Orlando, Chris Forsberg of ESPN reports.

Analysis:

Coach Brad Stevens deviated from his usual starting five Monday against Houston, opting to insert Jerebko in place of Amir Johnson at power forward to counter the Rockets' smaller frontcourt. With Orlando starting a more traditional center/power forward combination, the Celtics will go back to Johnson at the four alongside Al Horford. The move shouldn't result in much of change in expectations for Jerebko, who played 21 minutes Monday, up only slightly from his season average of 17.4.

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