BOSTON — Jaylen Brown is on the damage report forward of the Celtics’ Wednesday night time recreation in opposition to the Indiana Pacers, listed as possible with left hamstring tightness. Brown is contemporary off a 32-point, 11-rebound night time in opposition to the Detroit Pistons, the place he missed a possible game-winner simply hours after being named an All-Star starter for the primary time in his profession.
Josh Minott, who has missed the final 8 video games with a left ankle sprain, continues to be sidelined.
And Jayson Tatum continues to be out as he rehabs a ruptured Achilles tendon he suffered 8 months in the past. Tatum took the ground for a virtually hour-long exercise in entrance of reporters in Birmingham, Michigan, on Monday morning, as he continues to exhibit good indicators of progress.
Payton Pritchard, who missed Saturday’s recreation in opposition to the Atlanta Hawks with left ankle soreness, is off the damage report.
The Pacers, in the meantime, might be with out Tyrese Haliburton (ruptured Achilles tendon restoration), Obi Toppin (proper foot stress fracture), and Bennedict Mathurin (proper thumb sprain).
The Pacers and Celtics will match up for the 4th and last time
The Celtics have confronted the Pacers 3 times over the previous month, with Boston rising victorious in two of the three matchups. The Celtics got here again from double-digit deficits in back-to-back video games in opposition to the Pacers in December.
Nonetheless, final Monday, the Celtics fell to the Pacers 98-96 after a game-winning shot by Pascal Siakam. Brown missed that recreation as he handled again spasms.
The Pacers have been led by Pascal Siakam (23.6 factors), Bennedict Mathurin (17.8 factors), Andrew Nembard (17.6 factors), and Aaron Nesmith (13.4 factors).
This season, the Celtics have been led by Jaylen Brown (29.8 factors, 6.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists), Derrick White (17.7 factors, 5.4 assists), and Payton Pritchard (16.6 factors, 5.3 assists per recreation).
In January, two Celtics sharpshooters have turned a nook. Sam Hauser is averaging 14.2 factors per recreation, and taking pictures 46.2% from three, whereas Anfernee Simons is averaging 16.9 factors and taking pictures 48.7% from three in January.
The Pacers had the fourth-worst web ranking within the league (-9.6) and the worst report within the Japanese Convention (10-34). The Pacers have dropped their final two video games, whereas the Celtics are coming off a 2-2 report and a 1-point loss to the Pistons.
The Celtics proceed to keep up the East’s second-best report and the NBA’s third-best web ranking.
The Celtics and Pacers will face off at 7:30pm on Wednesday night time at TD Backyard.
