The Celtics will be without at least one starter for Game 4 on Sunday as they face off against Orlando Magic in their first round series at Kia Center. Boston will be without starting guard Jrue Holiday for the second straight game due to a hamstring strain. Jaylen Brown is questionable for the second straight game due to a right knee posterior impingement. Jayson Tatum has been removed from the injury report entirely after being listed for the past two games due to a bone bruise in his right wrist.
Joe Mazzulla gave an update on Holiday during a media availability on Saturday.
“He’s doing well,” Mazzulla said Saturday. “He’s day-to-day. Just taking it one day at a time. Kind of seeing how he comes out of it.”
Holiday was originally listed as questionable for Game 3 before being downgraded to before tip. He played 36 minutes in a Game 2 victory, finish with 11 points, four rebounds and six assists. He showed no signs of the hamstring strain during Game 2 but the ailment popped up in the aftermath of the win.
Without Holiday, the Celtics started with double bigs for the second straight game, with Al Horford filling in for the veteran guard. The 34-year-old guard had also been dealing with a mallet finger injury at the end of the regular season with a cast on his right pinky that was recently removed.
Brown played 34 minutes in Game 3 despite dealing with a bone bruise in his knee that he has been playing through since March.
The Celtics lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 entering Game 4. The two teams will tip off at Kia Center at 7 p.m. on Sunday night.
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The Celtics will be without at least one starter for Game 4 on Sunday as they face off against Orlando Magic in their first round series at Kia Center. Boston will be without starting guard Jrue Holiday for the second straight game due to a hamstring strain. Jaylen Brown is questionable for the second straight game due to a right knee posterior impingement. Jayson Tatum has been removed from the injury report entirely after being listed for the past two games due to a bone bruise in his right wrist.
Joe Mazzulla gave an update on Holiday during a media availability on Saturday.
“He’s doing well,” Mazzulla said Saturday. “He’s day-to-day. Just taking it one day at a time. Kind of seeing how he comes out of it.”
Holiday was originally listed as questionable for Game 3 before being downgraded to before tip. He played 36 minutes in a Game 2 victory, finish with 11 points, four rebounds and six assists. He showed no signs of the hamstring strain during Game 2 but the ailment popped up in the aftermath of the win.
Without Holiday, the Celtics started with double bigs for the second straight game, with Al Horford filling in for the veteran guard. The 34-year-old guard had also been dealing with a mallet finger injury at the end of the regular season with a cast on his right pinky that was recently removed.
Brown played 34 minutes in Game 3 despite dealing with a bone bruise in his knee that he has been playing through since March.
The Celtics lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 entering Game 4. The two teams will tip off at Kia Center at 7 p.m. on Sunday night.
