Jaylen Brown is set to return for Wednesday’s game against the Cavs, Mike Muscala’s questionable

The Boston Celtics might be at just about full power as they’re set to tackle the Cleveland Cavaliers in a Wednesday evening ESPN matchup. Following a loss in opposition to the New York Knicks through which Jaylen Brown sat out for private causes, he’s set to return to the lineup tomorrow evening.

Brown was sorely missed as Boston had a tough time getting its taking pictures act collectively in opposition to a gritty New York staff. With Jayson Tatum at the moment in a post-All-Star break funk, Jaylen Brown’s scoring punch would have been a welcome sight along with his vitality. He’s come out of the break in a masked vengeance, tearing up opposing defenses together with his aggressive vitality. This might be a giant assist tomorrow in opposition to Cleveland’s huge and lengthy lineup of unicorns like Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley.

The Celtics are 0-2 in opposition to the Cavs this yr, with each losses coming in extra time within the first month of the season. So much has modified since then, specifically the Celtics separating themselves as the very best staff within the convention for many of the yr. Now getting into tomorrow evening’s sport as the present second seed within the East, it could possibly be a superb alternative for everybody to be reminded of how good they’re.

Having Robert Williams this time round must also make a giant distinction on how the Celtics strategy the inside. So far as the large man rotation goes, Mike Muscala is listed as questionable with proper knee tendinopathy. He didn’t get off the bench final evening within the first half in favor of Blake Griffin, however he did present good minutes within the second half – doubtlessly an indication that he might get some “break in case of emergency” run shifting ahead when everybody’s wholesome.

The Celtics tackle the Cavaliers tomorrow evening at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.