Cavaliers (48-10) at Celtics (42-17) Game #60 2/28/25

[celticinorlando]

Noa Dalzell 🏀
@NoaDalzell
Celtics Injury Report Update vs. Cleveland (2/28):

Jaylen Brown - Left Thigh Contusion - QUESTIONABLE
Jrue Holiday - Right Hand Mallet Finger - OUT
Luke Kornet - Personal Reasons - QUESTIONABLE
Kristaps Porzingis - Illness (Non-Covid) - QUESTIONABLE
1:32 PM  Feb 28, 2025

I don't even know who is the 5th starter if all those guys are sitting out tonight. Just sit White and JT and make it a bench game and get it over with.

[keevsnick]

Noa Dalzell 🏀
@NoaDalzell
Celtics Injury Report Update vs. Cleveland (2/28):

Jaylen Brown - Left Thigh Contusion - QUESTIONABLE
Jrue Holiday - Right Hand Mallet Finger - OUT
Luke Kornet - Personal Reasons - QUESTIONABLE
Kristaps Porzingis - Illness (Non-Covid) - QUESTIONABLE
1:32 PM  Feb 28, 2025

Wait, Porzingis got added back to the injury report with an illness after not being on it yesterday and playing Wednesday? Did he get sick again?

Maybe its food poisoning. Somebody should tell him that the meat he earns still needs to be properly cooked.

[libermaniac]

Noa Dalzell 🏀
@NoaDalzell
Celtics Injury Report Update vs. Cleveland (2/28):

Jaylen Brown - Left Thigh Contusion - QUESTIONABLE
Jrue Holiday - Right Hand Mallet Finger - OUT
Luke Kornet - Personal Reasons - QUESTIONABLE
Kristaps Porzingis - Illness (Non-Covid) - QUESTIONABLE
1:32 PM  Feb 28, 2025

Uh oh. The Wikipedia on mallet finger indicates it?s like an 8 week recovery. 😳 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallet_finger

[liam]

Full on hospital Celtics. They should rest Tatum as well...

[hodgy03038]

Full on hospital Celtics. They should rest Tatum as well...

No! He is the only one we can count on EVERY GAME and Pritch but without Holiday and if any of the others are out it will be really tough.

[Neurotic Guy]

Noa Dalzell 🏀
@NoaDalzell
Celtics Injury Report Update vs. Cleveland (2/28):

Jaylen Brown - Left Thigh Contusion - QUESTIONABLE
Jrue Holiday - Right Hand Mallet Finger - OUT
Luke Kornet - Personal Reasons - QUESTIONABLE
Kristaps Porzingis - Illness (Non-Covid) - QUESTIONABLE
1:32 PM  Feb 28, 2025

Uh oh. The Wikipedia on mallet finger indicates it?s like an 8 week recovery. 😳 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallet_finger

Yikes.  If that?s the timeframe that is a blow to the Cs. That takes us to the playoffs giving Jrue not much time to get to 100%.  He was so important last year in the post-season.

[liam]

Full on hospital Celtics. They should rest Tatum as well...

No! He is the only one we can count on EVERY GAME and Pritch but without Holiday and if any of the others are out it will be really tough.

But we need Tatum to be healthy come the playoffs...

[Silas]

Keith Smith
@KeithSmithNBA
Jaylen Brown and Luke Kornet are both available to play tonight.
Kristaps Porzingis has been downgraded to OUT for tonight's game.

[radiohead]

Noa Dalzell 🏀
@NoaDalzell
Celtics Injury Report Update vs. Cleveland (2/28):

Jaylen Brown - Left Thigh Contusion - QUESTIONABLE
Jrue Holiday - Right Hand Mallet Finger - OUT
Luke Kornet - Personal Reasons - QUESTIONABLE
Kristaps Porzingis - Illness (Non-Covid) - QUESTIONABLE
1:32 PM  Feb 28, 2025

Uh oh. The Wikipedia on mallet finger indicates it?s like an 8 week recovery. 😳 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallet_finger

Hopefully it?s just a minor injury made worse by the terminology used.

[jpotter33]

Dang, I was hoping for a full strength test tonight.

[radiohead]

As long as the Jays play, I think we could give these Cavs a battle.

[Phantom255x]

I highly doubt it's an 8-week injury, but I think it's fair to expect Jrue to miss some time, maybe 1-2 weeks. I'm fine with that. Jrue is gonna be at his best managed like Horford and having breaks intermittently during the season. I trust he'll help us in the postseason like 2024.

[jpotter33]

Good start!

[Who]

Ahh, these away jerseys on home floors always irritate me!

[liam]

Wicked start!