as he scored 21 points, which included several dunks and 13 free throw attempts in only 15 minutes of play in front of a crowd chanting his name en route to a 108–102 Celtics victory. 2008–09 NBA season On March 13, 2009, Powe started in place of the injured Kevin Garnett, scoring a career-high 30 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and blocking a career-high 5 shots, in a 102–92 Celtics victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. Powe spent the end of the season attempting to recover from a right knee strain. He returned in time for the playoffs, only to tear the ACL and meniscus in his left knee in Game 2 of the first round against the Chicago Bulls. Powe continued to play on the torn ACL for three minutes before being taken out. His season ended with the knee injury, and had successful surgery to repair the injury on May 5, 2009. On August 2, the Cleveland Cavaliers offered Powe an offer sheet worth two years and $1.8 million. On August 11, 2009, Powe and the Cavaliers agreed in principle to the deal with an option on the second year. On August 12, 2009, he officially signed the deal. 2010–11 NBA season On February 24, 2011, Powe was waived when the Cleveland Cavaliers needed to clear their roster capacity after making two trades. He had just recovered from surgery to repair the torn meniscus in his right knee which had kept him sidelined for six weeks. Over a week later, Powe signed for the rest of the season with the Memphis Grizzlies. Basketball post-career In 2014, Powe was hired by the Celtics as community ambassador. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Boston | 63 || 2 || 11.4 || .446 || .000 || .736 || 3.4 || .2 || .2 || .3 || 4.2 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| † | align="left" | Boston | 56 || 5 || 14.4 || .572 || .000 || .710 || 4.1 || .3 || .3 || .3 || 7.9 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Boston | 70 || 7 || 17.5 || .524 || .000 || .689 || 4.9 || .7 || .3 || .5 || 7.7 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Cleveland | 20 || 2 || 11.8 || .429 || .000 || .587 || 3.0 || .0 || .3 || .1 || 4.0 |-