Kristaps Porzingis with teammates | Photo: Boston Celtics
The upcoming night in the National Basketball Association (NBA) at At 1:00 Latvian time, the Boston Celtics represented by Kristaps Porzingis will play an away game against the Detroit Pistons. Unclear is the participation of Porzingis and several other Celtics leading players in this match.
The two teams will meet for the second time this week. In the March 18 match, “Celtics” won a convincing victory, when Porzingis returned to the lineup after missing five games, who was recovering from a hamstring strain. Having scored 20 points in the previous duel against the Pistons, as well as scoring 17 points against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night, Porzingis is now back in the “infirmary”.
Recently, the Boston team has acted very cautiously, even in the case of minor injuries, constantly dosing the loads of all leading basketball players. Once again, the Celtics have announced that Porzingis’ participation in the upcoming night game is under question. Monitoring a previous leg injury is cited as the reason.
There’s a good chance the Celtics will just sit out Porzingis, as the team will travel to Chicago the next day to face the Bulls right after visiting Detroit. Porzingis has not played in both back-to-back games in several months.
Porzingis is not the only “Celtics” player who might not play against the “Pistons”, who currently occupy the penultimate place in the entire league with a record of 12-57. It is already known that Drew Holliday will not play due to a shoulder injury, but the participation of Jason Tatum, Jalen Brown, Al Horford in the match is also under question mark. Porzingis, Holiday, Tatum and Brown are regular players in the starting five, and Horford has started 28 times. On the other hand, after missing two games, Sam Hauser could return to the lineup.
Porzingis has played in 48 games this season, where he averaged 20.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.8 blocks. “Celtics” with a balance of 55-12 are the leading team in the NBA.
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Kristaps Porzingis (right hamstring management) – QUESTIONABLE
Jayson Tatum (right ankle impingement) – QUESTIONABLE— Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 21, 2024
2024-03-22 10:45:02
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