Boston Celtics injury report: Key starter downgraded for Game 5 vs. Magic

The Celtics will proceed to be shorthanded as they face the Magic in Sport 5 of the first-round sequence. Jrue Vacation was downgraded to out on the harm report for the third straight sport resulting from his proper hamstring pressure. Jaylen Brown can also be questionable together with his proper knee posterior impingement subject.

Vacation picked up his hamstring subject in Sport 2, the final time he performed within the sequence. The guard was initially listed as questionable forward of Sport 3 in Orlando earlier than being downgraded as a game-time choice. However since then, he’s began on the harm report as out, which now contains the 8:30 p.m. Tuesday Sport 5. Hamstring points are notoriously difficult, so it’s unclear when Vacation might be again on the courtroom.

“He’s doing well,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla stated Saturday. “He’s day-to-day. Just taking it one day at a time. Kind of seeing how he comes out of it.”

Brown additionally continues to be listed on the harm report as questionable resulting from his proper knee harm. He’s been questionable heading into the previous two video games however in the end performed. The All-Star hasn’t seemed 100% like himself due to his harm, however he’s nonetheless affected the victories anyway.

Jayson Tatum (proper wrist) is not listed on the harm report, identical to forward of the Sport 4 victory. He missed Sport 2 as a result of bone bruise in his wrist however has been essential within the Celtics’ previous two video games, scoring 36 factors in Sport 3 then a 37-point evening in Sport 4.

The Celtics are up 3-1 on the Magic as they appear to shut out the sequence on their residence courtroom. That’ll be essential because the C’s are coping with some lingering harm points on their roster.

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