The Celtics will arrive in full conditions at the beginning of their tie against the New York Knicks. That is at least deduced from the last injury report published by the franchise, in which no player, not even Jrue Holiday, has been included as a doubt, so it is expected to be the game after the last three clashes before the Magic.
The base was to go down in the duels that closed the series in front of Orlando because of a distension in the ischiotibial of the right leg, ailment from which it seems already recovered. Although they fell into Game 3, their decline was not too problematic for the current champions, who changed to a system with two interiors to give the Horford the starting position and defeated without excessive complications 4-1.
However, Holiday seems more necessary to some Knicks in which Jalen Brunson arrives as the great threat. The base, great responsible for New Yorkers being in the second round, will be the main focus of Boston’s defense, so that it is expected that it is Jrue who tries to stop their scoring already their excellent game of pick & roll.
Jrue Holiday comes from averaging 11.1 points and 3.9 assists in regular season, in which at times it has cost him to reach last year’s great performance but in which he has once again been fundamental for Celtics to look unstoppable. In 2024 he looked in the debate for the MVP of the finals during the first matches, and this time those of Mazzulla will need it again if they want to win the title of champions.
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