Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis and Sam Hauser are questionable for the Boston Celtics on Wednesday against the Detroit Pistons.
The Celtics have cleared Hauser to play Wednesday, and he will fight through a back issue on the second half of the team's back-to-back. With Jaylen Brown (thigh) sidelined against Detroit, Hauser is likely to remain in Boston's starting lineup.
Hauser (back) is questionable for Wednesday's game against Detroit, Taylor Snow of the Celtics' official site reports. Hauser logged 40 minutes Tuesday against the Raptors, finishing with 10 points, five rebounds,
With Jrue Holiday (rest) and Al Horford (toe) sidelined, Hauser will slide into the starting five. The sharpshooter has started in nine outings this season, during which he has averaged 11.4 points, 3.
His next chance to play will come Wednesday against Detroit. With the veteran guard sidelined, Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser will likely see a bump in minutes.
Several Boston Celtics fans pointed to one major coaching decision that they believe burned their team on Friday in a marquee matchup against the
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla kept his rotation tight despite the absences of Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday to injury.
The Celtics were outscored by 17 points in the second half of their loss Friday night after a key move by Kenny Atkinson.
The Celtics got a huge performance from Jayson Tatum, but the Cavaliers pulled away late on Friday to claim a 123-116 victory.
Donovan Mitchell had 41 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, to help the Cleveland Cavaliers rally from 22 points down and stun the Boston Celtics 123-116 in the final regular-season meeting of the Eastern Conference’s top two teams.
Eighty-three points from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown weren’t enough to push the Celtics past the first-place Cavs in a 123-116 loss at TD Garden.