Celtics harm report reveals two stars might miss Recreation 4 towards Magic

ORLANDO — The Celtics might be with out Jrue Vacation on Sunday as they give the impression of being to take a 3-1 lead towards the Orlando Magic. They may be with out Jaylen Brown, who has been coping with a proper knee posterior impingement since mid-February.

Brown, who missed common season video games tending to the knee harm, is questionable with the harm, and can seemingly undergo warmups as he did on Friday. He sat out the ultimate three video games of the common season earlier than receiving knee injections forward of the playoffs.

When requested about re-appearing on the harm report after Friday’s 95-93 loss, Brown merely mentioned: “[I’m] taking it sooner or later at a time.”

By means of three first-round playoff video games, Brown is averaging 23.7 factors on 53.2% capturing, whereas capturing 54.5% from three.

What we learn about Jrue Vacation’s harm

Vacation, who missed Recreation 3 with a proper hamstring pressure, didn’t heat up on Friday and was listed as out on the Celtics’ harm report, which got here out on Saturday afternoon. The Celtics guard was in road garments on the bench. It’s not clear when precisely he suffered the harm, as he was capable of end Recreation 2 and not using a noticeable limp.

Mazzulla declined to share a lot info when requested about Vacation’s harm forward of Recreation 3, merely noting that he was day-to-day and would undergo his testing forward of any replace.

In a media availability on Saturday morning, Derrick White mentioned that everybody must step up in Vacation’s absence.

“Clearly, you’ll be able to’t change what Jrue Vacation brings on each side of the ball — so all people has just a little bit totally different function and accountability on each side,” White mentioned.

Vacation was impactful on each ends within the first two rounds of the playoffs towards the Magic, averaging 10 factors per recreation and capturing 42.9% from three, whereas guarding Magic star Paolo Banchero.