Kristaps Porzingis should be good for match 2.
The great man of Boston Celtics was upgraded to “probable” for Wednesday's match with the New York Knicks at TD Garden, a sign that he should play without any problem in the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference.
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Porzingis only played 13 minutes in the loss of 108-105 of the Celtics In match 1 on Monday due to a non-comfortable-19 disease. He tried to play it at the beginning, but he only lasted 13 minutes and missed his four shots before the Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla did him half the second quarter. He did not go back to the game.
The details of Porzingis' disease are not known. He missed eight games towards the end of the regular season With a superior respiratory disease, however, that he said at the time among the most sick he has ever been in his life. Mazzulla said on Tuesday that even if he was not sure that the latter disease was linked to the first, Porzingis was still faced with the impacts of months later.
“Since he returned, I think he was sort of managed and deactivated, by fighting him, working it, doing his best,” said Mazzulla, Via NBC Sports Boston. “I think it was too much for him in this match (Monday).
“He had worked there since he returned and he did an excellent job to be available. It was simply difficult for him to continue (Monday), so we will see how he manages this. ”
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Porzingis has an average of 19.5 points and 6.8 rebounds this season, his second with the Celtics. The 29 -year -old collected on average 12 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in their opening series against Orlando Magic also. Porzingis is in the first year of an agreement of $ 60 million over two years with the team.
The Knicks rallied from a 20-point hole to stun the Celtics in overtime on Monday to take the lead from the start of the 1-0 series. While the Celtics could have won the victory without Porzingis, his presence on Wednesday evening should be a good addition for the reigning champions while they even try to go up the series before he went to New York.
