Boston Celtics middle Kristaps Porzingis will miss not less than Wednesday’s Sport 5 towards the Miami Warmth with a soleus pressure, in line with the staff.
Shortly after the preliminary itemizing from the Celtics, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Porzingis would miss “a minimal of a number of video games” with the ailment.
Celtics C Kristaps Porzingis is anticipated to overlook a minimal of a number of video games with the best soleus pressure, sources inform ESPN. https://t.co/9qW4iR04jO
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 30, 2024
Porzingis left Monday’s Sport 4 victory within the second quarter, after developing lame on a dribble handoff.
Porzingis did fireplace off a tweet, following the win. He shouted out Derrick White for his 38-point explosion and informed followers he appreciated their help.
good W tonight. DWhite is particular!!
Thanks for all of the help, shall be good
— Kristaps Porzingis (@kporzee) April 30, 2024
KP has confirmed to be an enormous a part of Boston’s success this season. He averaged 20.1 factors, 7.2 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks per recreation whereas taking pictures 51.6% from the sphere and 37.5% from past the arc.
On this opening-round sequence towards the Warmth, his numbers had dropped a bit. Porzingis was posting simply 12.3 factors and 5.0 rebounds per contest on 38.9%/40.0% splits.
Even with the Latvian logging decrease stats than he had within the common season, he’ll nonetheless go away fairly the sneakers to fill.
Fortuitously for the Celtics, they’ll be turning to veteran middle Al Horford and a powerful carousel of bench bigs to step up.
Horford informed reporters that he’s assured in Luke Kornet, Xavier Tillman, and Neemias Queta ought to any of their names be referred to as for some additional minutes.
“All season it’s type of been that method,” he stated (h/t CLNS Media). “You realize, whether or not it’s — for various causes, KP wasn’t at all times taking part in on a regular basis, so Luke (Kornet), Xavier (Tillman), Neemy (Neemias Queta) should type of be able to step up and reply the decision. They’ve been doing an excellent job of that every one 12 months. Clearly, it’s the playoffs now and it’s completely different, however I’ve confidence in these guys. They should are available and produce vitality and affect the sport.”
The Cs will look to shut out the Warmth in Sport 5 Wednesday at TD Backyard.
