With 12 video games left within the season, the Celtics have all however locked up the No. 1 seed within the Japanese Convention. Main the second-placed Bucks by 11 video games, Boston can afford to relaxation their ‘six starters’ periodically — Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Vacation, Al Horford and Derrick White — and nonetheless safe house court docket for everything of the postseason.
No less than one amongst that core six might stay sidelined with a mysterious harm. Vacation missed his third consecutive Friday after struggling a sprained proper shoulder final Sunday. The harm occurred when the defensive ace was hit on a display screen throughout a highway victory over the Wizards.
