BOSTON — Celtics coach Doc Rivers knows exactly what Knicks guard Iman Shumpert went through coming back from a torn ACL in his left knee. It's a been there, done that kind of thing.
"If you're not a worker, you will not come back from that injury. But if you are, I think we found out you can come back just as good and maybe even better," Rivers said when discussing Shumpert. "Mentally tougher, stronger and just as athletic now. And I think that's what you'll see in Iman."
Shumpert, who started his third game for the Knicks Thursday night, tore his ACL and meniscus last May and was out for nine months before returning during the Knicks' recent trip to London. In the Knicks' 89-86 win, he played 27 minutes, racking up 10 points and five rebounds — all personal bests for his three games.
Rivers was out basically a full year. As a Knick, he blew out his left ACL in December, 1993 and returned the following December.
"I went through it with the Knicks and I think I was one of the first guys to actually have a chance at getting back. Our goal was eight months, which at that time was unheard of and we proved you could do that," Rivers said.
"You find out a lot about yourself. I think you grow up. It's not an injury you want and hopefully at that point in my career I had grown up — I was in my 30's when I injured mine. But it's one of those injuries that requires you to work."
fred.kerber@nypost.com
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