The Celtics’ damage report for Sport 2 of their second-round sequence with the Knicks on Wednesday affords a combined bag.
Key reserve ahead Sam Hauser is listed as uncertain attributable to a sprained proper ankle, Ian Begley of SNY TV tweets. Nonetheless, beginning massive man Kristaps Porzingis is listed as possible for Sport 2 after departing Sport 1 early with an sickness.
In accordance with Steve Bulpett of HeavyOnSports (Twitter link), Hauser limped out of the world with a protecting boot on his ankle. Hauser performed simply 4 minutes in Boston’s extra time loss on Monday, lacking each of this shot makes an attempt. Hauser scored a mixed 16 factors in Video games 4 and 5 of the Celtics’ first-round sequence in opposition to Orlando.
In the course of the common season, Hauser performed in 71 video games (19 begins), averaging 8.5 factors and three.2 rebounds in 21.7 minutes. He made 41.6% of his 3-point makes an attempt and Boston, which misfired on 45 of its three-point makes an attempt in Sport 1, will likely be down considered one of its finest long-range shooters if Hauser is sidelined.
Porzingis departed Sport 1 after going scoreless in 13 minutes. The Celtics missed his inside presence whereas making a gift of a double-digit lead within the second half.
He sat out eight video games late within the season attributable to a viral sickness and is seemingly nonetheless feeling the consequences, in line with Brian Robb of Masslive.com.
“I believe since he got here again he’s form of been coping with it on and off,” coach Joe Mazzulla stated. “Combating by way of it, working by way of it, doing the perfect that he can. And I believe it was simply an excessive amount of for him in that recreation. So I didn’t know that was going to occur till I discovered about it in that recreation however he had been working by way of it since he’s gotten again. And he’s completed an awesome job of being accessible and it was simply powerful for him to proceed yesterday so we’ll see form of how he handles that.”
