Boston Celtics: Watch Chris Cenac Jr.'s Highlights From G-League Debut

The Maine Celtics, the G-League affiliate of the Boston Celtics, opened up their season on Friday night with a lopsided 123-94 win over the Westchester Knicks, the affiliate of the New York Knicks.

Rookie Chris Cenac Jr., who was taken at No. 27 overall in this year's NBA Draft, led the way with 19 points and 11 rebounds. He was 9-of-21 from the floor and also added two blocks.

You can see some of his highlights below in the official post from the team. Cenac, who appeared in a handful game with the Celtics at the NBA level, will get a chance to properly play and develop with Maine. And we saw what he can do as he flashed his length, athleticism, 3-point ability and shot blocking ability.

The potential that Cenac showed on Friday is the same kind of potential that we saw out of him in the preseason and in the Las Vegas Summer League. He played his college basketball at the University of Houston, helping lead Kelvin Sampson's program to the NCAA Tournament again.

Cenac saw time in 37 games in his lone season at Houston, starting 36 of those contests. He played 25 minutes a game and averaged 9.5 points and 7.9 rebounds. Long and athletic, he also averaged 0.5 blocks per night and he also had 0.8 steals. 

From the perimeter, Cenac shot 33.3 percent from 3-point range, attempting 2.4 threes per night. He's been working on his three-point shot since getting drafted, and that came out on Friday.

I think he will, but right now, it's just not necessary. The Celtics have Neemias Queta, Mitchell Robinson and Luka Garza at the big men spots, so if Cenac wants to develop, then his best chance is in the G-League.

Should there be an injury, then it would be an expectation that he would be back in the mix.

Boston is back in action on Sunday when they take on the Milwaukee Bucks. The Celtics are 7-2 and entered Saturday with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference, just 0.5 games back of the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Bucks are 1-7 and in last place in the East, a stark downfall from where they've been the last few years.

While Boston's record is excellent, we did highlight something that needs improvement if Boston is going to hit their ultimate ceiling.