After ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported forward of Sport 1 that Kristaps Porzingis was eyeing a doable return in Sport 4, the anticipation for his comeback has been constructing. Nonetheless, the staff introduced that it gained’t occur in a possible shut out recreation tomorrow.
However after the Celtics’ thrilling nailbiter final evening, that 114-113 win could have given the staff slightly extra room for precaution with KP’s strained calf. With a 3-0 stranglehold on the Japanese Convention Finals, any doubt will be addressed with much more relaxation.
Earlier as we speak, head coach Joe Mazzulla was noncommittal on a doable timeline. “I don’t know. I can’t say something. I’m not the medical doctors,” he mentioned.
The Finals are scheduled to start out on June sixth, no matter how lengthy both convention finals lasts. The Mavericks and Timberwolves tip off their Sport 3 later as we speak and the Celtics might wrap up the East tomorrow. That may give Porzingis a further ten days to heal up and ramp up earlier than his postseason return.
Heading into the shut out recreation, Jrue Vacation and Luke Kornet are listed as questionable. Vacation was given the identical harm designation yesterday earlier than sealing Sport 3 with an and-1 and steal. Kornet is coping with a sprained left wrist.
