The Celtics’ harm report for Sport 2 of their second-round collection with the Knicks on Wednesday provides a blended bag.
Key reserve ahead Sam Hauser is listed as uncertain as a result of a sprained proper ankle, Ian Begley of SNY TV tweets. Nevertheless, beginning huge man Kristaps Porzingis is listed as possible for Sport 2 after departing Sport 1 early with an sickness.
Based on Steve Bulpett of HeavyOnSports (Twitter hyperlink), Hauser limped out of the world with a protecting boot on his ankle. Hauser performed simply 4 minutes in Boston’s time beyond regulation 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 collection in opposition to Orlando.
Through 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 probably be down one in every 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 as a result of a viral sickness and is seemingly nonetheless feeling the results, in keeping with Brian Robb of Masslive.com.
“I feel since he got here again he’s sort 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 feel 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 executed an amazing job of being obtainable and it was simply powerful for him to proceed yesterday so we’ll see sort of how he handles that.”
