The Celtics will as soon as once more relaxation their high six gamers of their final recreation of the common season, a Sunday afternoon match-up in opposition to the Charlotte Hornets. Jaylen Brown (proper knee posterior impingement), Jrue Vacation (proper shoulder impingement), Al Horford (proper knee sprain), Kristaps Porzingis (return from sickness reconditioning), Jayson Tatum (relaxation), and Derrick White (proper neck sprain) will all sit Sunday, simply as they did on Wednesday evening in opposition to the Orlando Magic.
In opposition to Orlando, with the identical gamers obtainable, the Celtics began Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser, Baylor Scheierman, Torrey Craig, and Luke Kornet. They struggled in that one, falling to the largely full-strength Magic 96-76. Joe Mazzulla famous after that one which the workforce had gotten to their resort at 4:30am within the morning.
Jaylen Brown seems to be the one harm of concern getting into the playoffs
Jaylen Brown has missed 13 video games this season coping with his knee harm, and ESPN’s Ramona Shelbourne reported Saturday morning he had acquired injections this week to assist promote therapeutic.
“It’s what it’s,” Brown mentioned final week of his harm. “It sucks. want I may share extra particulars, however no matter my workforce wants, no matter I can do, no matter I acquired, Imma give. I’m trying ahead to only taking it someday at a time, and I’m hopeful that some issues will enhance over the course of those subsequent two weeks or so.”
The remainder of the accidents listed don’t seem to have important postseason implications at the moment; although Kristaps Porzingis famous after Tuesday’s win over the Knicks that he nonetheless wasn’t 100% as he continues to recuperate from sickness that held him out of greater than two weeks of basketball.
JD Davison and the Celtics’ two-ways will get one other prolonged alternative
Sunday could possibly be a chance for the Celtics’ two-way gamers to as soon as once more get further run; Drew Peterson and Miles Norris received’t be eligible to play within the playoffs.
However, JD Davison, who has been a two-way participant on the Celtics for the previous three years, will likely be eligible. That’s as a result of Davison has agreed on a two-year cope with the Celtics, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Saturday.
Torrey Craig is recent off his greatest efficiency as a Celtic and will see some prolonged run Sunday as properly; Joe Mazzulla referred to as the veteran’s 12-minute stint on Friday evening “sick” and praised his professionalism by way of uneven minutes. Sunday will doubtless be one other alternative for him to get prolonged run.
