Porzingis shares great response to injury concern entering Game 3

Porzingis shares great response to injury concern entering Game 3 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics are two wins away from an NBA championship, but the injury status of one of their best players once again is a storyline.

Big man Kristaps Porzingis played just 23 minutes in Game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals at TD Garden — a 105-98 Celtics win over the Dallas Mavericks — and appeared to land awkwardly on multiple occasions in the second half.

Porzingis looked a bit hobbled after attempting to contest an alley-oop to Mavs big man Daniel Gafford late in the third quarter, then got tangled up with Dallas wing P.J. Washington under the basket with about 6:20 remaining in the fourth quarter.

It’s unclear which leg Porzingis injured, but the Celtics’ training staff checked on him several times in the second half, and he briefly went to the locker room with a trainer as well, according to Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix.

Porzingis briefly went back to the locker room area with a trainer but is back on Boston’s bench. Looked to be working on that lower leg. https://t.co/0Zjm4uOUkf

— Chris Mannix (@SIChrisMannix) June 10, 2024

Game 2 was just Porzingis’ second game back from a month-plus hiatus after he suffered a strained right calf on April 29 against the Miami Heat. While his status obviously is worth monitoring, the 7-foot-2 big man downplayed his injury after the game.

“I’m feeling good,” Porzingis told reporters. “Yeah, I don’t think it’s anything serious, but we’ll look at it tomorrow and go from there. But all good.”

Porzingis played coy on the specifics of his injury — “I don’t even know what it is, to be honest,” he said — but it did force him to exit a close NBA Finals game midway through the fourth quarter in favor of Al Horford and raised concerns about his health going forward.

When asked about his status for Game 3 in Dallas on Wednesday, however, Porzingis suggested he’ll do whatever it takes to be on the floor.

“Obviously something happened a little bit, but I have a couple of days again, and believe me, we will do everything we can to be back and moving well,” Porzingis…

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Publish date : 2024-06-10 04:29:16

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