Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis will return for Saturday’s game against Brooklyn after battling an illness for several weeks. Boston is listing Porzingis as available on its injury report (Twitter link).
This will be the first game action for Porzingis since February 26. He missed the past eight contests with a viral illness and provided details of his recovery process earlier this week.
Porzingis has only appeared in 32 games this season, so he’ll fall well short of the 65-game requirement to qualify for postseason awards. He was unavailable for the first few weeks while recovering from offseason surgery and didn’t make his season debut until November 25.
The Celtics have been careful with Porzingis’ health — keeping him out of back-to-back games — in an effort to make sure he’s injury-free heading into the playoffs. He has remained effective in his limited playing time, averaging 18.9 points and 6.8 rebounds in 28.9 minutes per night while shooting 47.4% from the field and 40.4% from three-point range.
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, who are both dealing with knee issues, have also been upgraded to available. Al Horford and Derrick White will be inactive, according to Souichi Terada of MassLive, as the Celtics are playing for the second straight night after defeating Miami on Friday.
Viral illness the new hack to not get fined
Nobody’s questioning the firmness of another man’s stool , least not yet
My brother in law got drug tested because he was going to the bathroom too much at work. He has a condition but they wouldn’t except the doctors note. I won’t say whether he passed or failed the test (hipaa) but it was embarrassing for him. So what’s the rush to crucify kristaps? Have a heart.
Did you really just say hipaa for a medical condition you brought up
Zero to do with Kp
Imo you should be able to classify a player out without scrutiny for whatever reason you want
For Kp “ it’s March 14 “ would be a fine enough reason. Ofc we need to hear it 24 hrs in advance so daddy draft kings can set the lines and make the world go round but that’s a different discussion – Hope your bro is well
That’s not how HIPAA works lol.
Yeah well it’s my brother in law not my actual brother
No KP ——. Knicks have a shot …
For all the haters ———-
“ Including Bridges’ heroics against Portland, Bridges is averaging 23.3 points and 5,7 assists per game, and he’s shooting a 63/38/93 shooting split across the last three games—all of which are improvements on his season averages. What’s different in the past three games? No Jalen Brunson.”
We need this all the time ………. Please
Porzingis changes the vibe against Cleveland and OKC as well. He gives Boston a whole different dimension when he’s out there. They’re on a 60-win pace playing Luke Kornet and Queeta 25 minutes a game.
What awards was this guy going to win had it not been for the 65-day req? And just call it what it was, covid.