National Basketball Association

Big Baby, 'Sheed back for Celtics in Game 6

Published May. 29, 2010 2:17 a.m. ET

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Glen ``Big Baby'' Davis and Rasheed Wallace returned to action for the Boston Celtics in the first quarter of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday night after being hurt in the previous game.

Davis replaced Kevin Garnett with 8:09 left in the first quarter after Garnett picked up his second foul. Davis had blacked out on the court with a concussion Wednesday night after being hit by an inadvertent elbow from Magic center Dwight Howard.

``It's concerning'' for Davis to play so soon after his concussion, Boston coach Doc Rivers said. ``I'll say it another time. Doc is just a nickname. They gave him clearance. I don't know what tests they did. Our game - you're not supposed to get concussions - like football. You hope he doesn't get hit in the head again.''

Wallace entered the game with 1:31 left in the first quarter, replacing Kendrick Perkins. Wallace tweaked his back in the last game, when the Magic won 113-92 to avoid elimination for the second straight time.

``Spasms. He wasn't feeling great,'' Rivers said. ``The veterans with injuries, they know how to get through it. The young guys like `Baby,' you don't know how they'll get through it.''

Boston guard Marquis Daniels, who also sustained a concussion in that game, was not in uniform.

``He had tingling in his feet and hands,'' Rivers said. ``He's the one you just can't take a chance.''

The Celtics lead the series 3-2. A loss would force a Game 7 in Orlando on Sunday and give the Magic a chance to be the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series.