"When you miss the amount of time that he has missed, the big thing is the conditioning and the timing," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "The only way he can get that is by being out there playing. He has done all the rehab work and all the strength work he needs to do. He has to continue to do it obviously. But what he hasn't been able to do is play. And so being able to scrimmage now is key for him."