ORLANDO — The Celtics shall be with out Jrue Vacation for Friday’s Sport 3 matchup towards the Orlando Magic. Vacation was listed as questionable with a proper hamstring pressure, and didn’t undergo pregame warmups.
Jayson Tatum (proper wrist bone bruise) and Jaylen Brown (proper knee posterior impingement) are each accessible to play, the crew introduced about 45 minutes forward of tip-off. Tatum and Brown have been additionally listed the Celtics’ afternoon damage report forward of Sport 3, with Tatum listed as uncertain and Brown listed as questionable. Tatum was upgraded from uncertain to questionable two hours forward of tip-off.
Each Tatum and Brown went by means of their full pregame warmups and didn’t seem restricted.
No matter whether or not Jayson Tatum is ready to play tonight, it’s positively an excellent signal he’s capturing proper now
We hadn’t seen him shoot for the reason that damage pic.twitter.com/Kp5Fe7e9U1
— Noa Dalzell (@NoaDalzell) April 25, 2025
On Thursday, Joe Mazzulla stated on the radio present Zolak and Bertrand that Tatum was coping with a “extreme” bone bruise and remained day-to-day. When Mazzulla was requested to elaborate on his choice to explain the bone bruise as “extreme” he merely defined it was extreme sufficient to maintain him out of Sport 2. Tatum suffered the damage on Sunday in Sport 1 of the NBA playoffs, and missed his first-ever playoff once more as a Celtic three days later.
Brown has been coping with his proper knee impingement since mid-February, lacking 12 video games for it down the stretch of the common season. He had considered one of his greatest video games of the yr on Wednesday, exploding for 36 factors, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Vacation, in the meantime, will miss his first playoff sport as a Celtic.
Sport 3 between the Celtics and the Magic will tip-off at 7pm.
