Boston Celtics middle Kristaps Porzingis will miss no less than Wednesday’s Sport 5 towards the Miami Warmth with a soleus pressure, in accordance with the workforce.
Shortly after the preliminary itemizing from the Celtics, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Porzingis would miss “a minimal of a number of video games” with the ailment.
Celtics C Kristaps Porzingis is predicted to overlook a minimal of a number of video games with the precise soleus pressure, sources inform ESPN. https://t.co/9qW4iR04jO
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 30, 2024
Porzingis left Monday’s Sport 4 victory within the second quarter, after developing lame on a dribble handoff.
Porzingis did hearth off a tweet, following the win. He shouted out Derrick White for his 38-point explosion and informed followers he appreciated their assist.
good W tonight. DWhite is particular!!
Thanks for all of the assist, can be good
— Kristaps Porzingis (@kporzee) April 30, 2024
KP has confirmed to be an enormous a part of Boston’s success this season. He averaged 20.1 factors, 7.2 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks per recreation whereas capturing 51.6% from the sector and 37.5% from past the arc.
On this opening-round collection towards the Warmth, his numbers had dropped a bit. Porzingis was posting simply 12.3 factors and 5.0 rebounds per contest on 38.9%/40.0% splits.
Even with the Latvian logging decrease stats than he had within the common season, he’ll nonetheless go away fairly the sneakers to fill.
Happily for the Celtics, they’ll be turning to veteran middle Al Horford and a powerful carousel of bench bigs to step up.
Horford informed reporters that he’s assured in Luke Kornet, Xavier Tillman, and Neemias Queta ought to any of their names be known as for some additional minutes.
“All season it’s sort of been that approach,” he mentioned (h/t CLNS Media). “You recognize, whether or not it’s — for various causes, KP wasn’t all the time enjoying on a regular basis, so Luke (Kornet), Xavier (Tillman), Neemy (Neemias Queta) must sort of be able to step up and reply the decision. They’ve been doing an excellent job of that each one 12 months. Clearly, it’s the playoffs now and it’s completely different, however I’ve confidence in these guys. They should are available and produce power and influence the sport.”
The Cs will look to shut out the Warmth in Sport 5 Wednesday at TD Backyard.
