Report: Celtics’ Kristaps Porzingis anticipated to overlook “a minimal of a number of video games” with soleus pressure

Boston Celtics middle Kristaps Porzingis will miss at the least Wednesday’s Sport 5 in opposition to the Miami Warmth with a soleus pressure, in line 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.

Porzingis left Monday’s Sport 4 victory within the second quarter, after arising lame on a dribble handoff.

Porzingis did fireplace off a tweet, following the win. He shouted out Derrick White for his 38-point explosion and informed followers he appreciated their help.

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 sport whereas capturing 51.6% from the sphere and 37.5% from past the arc.

On this opening-round sequence in opposition to 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 footwear to fill.

Luckily for the Celtics, they’ll be turning to veteran middle Al Horford and a robust 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 referred to as for some further minutes.

“All season it’s sort of been that manner,” he stated (h/t CLNS Media). “, whether or not it’s — for various causes, KP wasn’t all the time taking part in 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 a very good job of that every one yr. Clearly, it’s the playoffs now and it’s completely different, however I’ve confidence in these guys. They should are available and convey power and impression the sport.”

The Cs will look to shut out the Warmth in Sport 5 Wednesday at TD Backyard.