Report: Celtics’ Kristaps Porzingis expected to miss “a minimum of several games” with soleus strain

Boston Celtics middle Kristaps Porzingis will miss at the least Wednesday’s Sport 5 towards the Miami Warmth with a soleus pressure, in accordance with the workforce.

Shortly after the preliminary itemizing from the Celtics, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Porzingis would miss “a minimal of a number of video games” with the ailment.

Porzingis left Monday’s Sport 4 victory within the second quarter, after arising lame on a dribble handoff.

Porzingis did hearth off a tweet, following the win. He shouted out Derrick White for his 38-point explosion and advised followers he appreciated their assist.

KP has confirmed to be an enormous a part of Boston’s success this season. He averaged 20.1 factors, 7.2 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks per recreation whereas capturing 51.6% from the sector and 37.5% from past the arc.

On this opening-round collection towards the Warmth, his numbers had dropped a bit. Porzingis was posting simply 12.3 factors and 5.0 rebounds per contest on 38.9%/40.0% splits.

Even with the Latvian logging decrease stats than he had within the common season, he’ll nonetheless depart fairly the footwear to fill.

Happily for the Celtics, they’ll be turning to veteran middle Al Horford and a robust carousel of bench bigs to step up.

Horford advised reporters that he’s assured in Luke Kornet, Xavier Tillman, and Neemias Queta ought to any of their names be known as for some additional minutes.

“All season it’s sort of been that means,” he mentioned (h/t CLNS Media). “You realize, whether or not it’s — for various causes, KP wasn’t at all times enjoying on a regular basis, so Luke (Kornet), Xavier (Tillman), Neemy (Neemias Queta) need to sort of be able to step up and reply the decision. They’ve been doing a great job of that each one yr. Clearly, it’s the playoffs now and it’s completely different, however I’ve confidence in these guys. They should are available and produce power and impression the sport.”

The Cs will look to shut out the Warmth in Sport 5 Wednesday at TD Backyard.