Baylor Scheierman has suffered a left thumb fracture and is questionable to seem in Saturday’s sport, the Celtics introduced on Saturday.
Scheierman has began the final six video games for the Celtics; in that span, he’s averaged 8.7 factors and 5 rebounds. He’s turn into an more and more essential a part of the Celtics’ rotation as of late, averaging 24.3 minutes per sport in February.
Provided that the Celtics haven’t solely dominated Scheierman out, it’s potential that that is an damage he plans on attempting to play by. If he’s sidelined, the Celtics may go along with Ron Harper Jr. within the lineup once more; Harper Jr missed has began two video games this season, each with Jaylen Brown sidelined.
Scheierman was not beforehand on the Celtics damage report, so it’s doubtless he suffered the damage in Friday’s sport in opposition to the Brooklyn Nets.
Jayson Tatum stays sidelined
There was a lot of hypothesis that Jayson Tatum would make his season debut on Sunday, however the Celtics star stays sidelined as he recovers from a ruptured Achilles suffered final Might.
Tatum may return any day within the coming weeks, however he additionally has maintained that he has not made an official resolution about whether or not or not he’ll return this season.
Final week at Celtics apply, Tatum stated he nonetheless had no set return date. He stated he received’t play till he’s 100%, and didn’t disclose what % he was at.
“I really feel like I’m beating a useless horse,” Tatum stated. “I’m taking it sooner or later at a time. That is one thing that’s very severe. The damage that I had is only a lengthy journey. For me, it’s simply simpler to take it sooner or later at a time and see how I progress from there.”
With out Tatum, the Celtics have held up higher than most anticipated; they’ve the second-best report within the Japanese Convention at 39-20, and the fifth-best report within the NBA. The Celtics have received 8 of their final 10 video games.
The 76ers have the Sixth-best report within the East at 33-26.
