ORLANDO — The Celtics will likely be with out Jrue Vacation on Sunday as they appear to take a 3-1 lead towards the Orlando Magic. They may be with out Jaylen Brown, who has been coping with a proper knee posterior impingement since mid-February.
Brown, who missed common season video games tending to the knee damage, is questionable with the damage, and can doubtless undergo warmups as he did on Friday. He sat out the ultimate three video games of the common season earlier than receiving knee injections forward of the playoffs.
When requested about re-appearing on the damage report after Friday’s 95-93 loss, Brown merely stated: “[I’m] taking it in the future at a time.”
Via three first-round playoff video games, Brown is averaging 23.7 factors on 53.2% taking pictures, whereas taking pictures 54.5% from three.
What we learn about Jrue Vacation’s damage
Vacation, who missed Sport 3 with a proper hamstring pressure, didn’t heat up on Friday and was listed as out on the Celtics’ damage report, which got here out on Saturday afternoon. The Celtics guard was in avenue garments on the bench. It’s not clear when precisely he suffered the damage, as he was capable of end Sport 2 and not using a noticeable limp.
Mazzulla declined to share a lot data when requested about Vacation’s damage forward of Sport 3, merely noting that he was day-to-day and would undergo his testing forward of any replace.
In a media availability on Saturday morning, Derrick White stated that everybody should step up in Vacation’s absence.
“Clearly, you possibly can’t exchange what Jrue Vacation brings on each side of the ball — so everyone has somewhat bit completely different position and accountability on each side,” White stated.
Vacation was impactful on each ends within the first two rounds of the playoffs towards the Magic, averaging 10 factors per sport and taking pictures 42.9% from three, whereas guarding Magic star Paolo Banchero.
