Boston large man Kristaps Porzingis suffered a regarding non-contact harm in Monday’s Sport 4 and C’s coach Joe Mazzulla has supplied an replace on his harm.
Porzingis exited late within the second quarter of Sport 4 in opposition to Miami and the workforce known as the harm proper calf tightness.
Tightness is a much better end result than an Achilles harm, which was a significant concern when he initially left the courtroom.
Mazzulla confirmed Wednesday that Porzingis will likely be sidelined for at the least every week, however was pretty gentle on the main points.
“I don’t know the specifics of it; they use a number of fancy phrases. However I do know it will likely be re-evaluated subsequent week,” Mazzulla stated Wednesday of Porzingis’ harm throughout an interview with 98.5 The Sports activities Hub radio present. “We’ll see how he responds to the therapy and the way a lot better he will get right here within the first week. That’s form of the objective is to rehab it like loopy over the subsequent week and see the place we’re at from there.”
NBA insider Chris Haynes was reporting from The Backyard on Wednesday and stated that Porzingis is more likely to miss the Celtics’ second-round sequence.
However the hope is that he will likely be again for the Jap Convention Finals if the Celtics had been to advance.
The Athletic‘s Shams Charania additionally supplied an replace on Porzingis on Wednesday morning and stated his harm is being handled as a “week-to-week” situation.
“It might be one to 2 weeks for Kristaps Porzingis. It might be even longer than that primarily based on his rehab,” Charania stated on Run It Again.
Given Porzingis’ prolonged harm historical past, it could be sensible for the Celtics to not rush him again.
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