The Boston Celtics could also be with out certainly one of their star gamers for the instant future. Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla stated that Jaylen Brown may “miss per week or two” as a consequence of an adductor damage.
Brown popped up on the damage report for the Brooklyn Nets recreation on Thursday with adductor tightness. After initially being listed as questionable, Brown was downgraded to out shortly earlier than the sport.
Talking earlier than the sport in Brooklyn, Mazzulla stated the Celtics will know extra within the subsequent couple of days, however that he doesn’t anticipate Brown to be out long-term.
Brown has missed solely two video games so far this common season. Brown didn’t play in a mid-November recreation on a back-to-back in opposition to the Detroit Pistons. He additionally missed a late-November recreation, once more on a back-to-back, in opposition to the Charlotte Hornets. The Celtics received each of these contests.
This season, Brown is waging an All-NBA marketing campaign. He’s averaging 27.2 factors and seven.1 rebounds per recreation, that are each career-highs. Brown has shot 49.8% from the sphere, which can also be a career-best determine.
Over the subsequent two weeks, the Celtics have a road-heavy schedule:
January 12 – at Brooklyn
January 14 – at Charlotte
January 16 – at Charlotte
January 19 – vs Golden State
January 21 – at Toronto
January 23 – at Orlando
January 24 – at Miami
January 26 – vs New York
