{"id":1581934,"date":"2024-05-22T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1581934"},"modified":"2024-05-22T15:22:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T19:22:33","slug":"celtics-kristaps-porzingis-calf-could-return-by-game-4-against-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/celtics-kristaps-porzingis-calf-could-return-by-game-4-against-pacers\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis (Calf) Could Return By Game 4 Against Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Celtics\u00a0center\u00a0Kristaps Porzingis could make his Eastern Conference finals debut against the Indiana Pacers as early as Game 4 on Monday, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<h2>Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis slated to return by Game 4 of the ECF against Indiana Pacers<\/h2>\n<p>Porzingis, 28, has been making progress from a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/celtics-kristaps-porzingis-calf-will-likely-miss-games-1-and-2-of-ecf\/\">soleus strain of his right calf<\/a>, accelerating his on-court ramp up and increasing his fitness to make his conference finals debut possible, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.<\/p>\n<p>Porzingis has been out since suffering the injury in Game 4 of Boston's first-round series against the Miami Heat on April 30.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-year veteran missed the entirety of the Celtics' five-game conference semifinals series victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. He also missed Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals in Boston on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reporting for ESPN NBA Countdown on Kristaps Porzingis\u2019 looming return for the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xKSIPQpR48\">pic.twitter.com\/xKSIPQpR48<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1793066899221447064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nWith the Celtics' 133-128 Game 1 overtime win against the Indiana Pacers, the C's improved to 6-1 this postseason without the Latvian big man.<\/p>\n<p>Although Boston is unwilling to rush Porzingis back, the 2018 All-Star is close to making his return anyways.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla provided an injury update to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A great place,\u201d he said when asked about Porzingis\u2019s rehab. \u201cHe\u2019s working hard every single day to make as fast of a recovery as he can. He\u2019s there for everything. You can\u2019t underestimate how hard he works trying to come back in a timely fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Game 4 is at Indiana on Memorial Day on Monday, May 27<\/h2>\n<p class=\"continue-read-break\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Mazzulla was then asked whether Kristaps Porzingis was showing enough progress on the court to make a return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-read-break\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">\u201cI have no idea,\u201d he added, stating that he hopes Porzingis will make a return at some point in the East finals.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">\u201cI feel like I\u2019m an optimistic person in general,\u201d Mazzulla said.<\/p>\n<p>In 57 games (all starts) of the regular season, Porzingis averaged 20.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks per game.<\/p>\n<p>He held opponents to 44.3% shooting in the paint, which was an NBA best among contesting defenders of 500 shots or more, per Second Spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>Porzingis arrived in Boston last offseason in a three-team trade with the Washington Wizards\u00a0and\u00a0Memphis Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<p>Game 4 will be at Indiana on Memorial Day on Monday, May 27.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics host Indiana in Game 2 of the ECF this Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Celtics\u00a0center\u00a0Kristaps Porzingis could make his Eastern Conference finals debut against the Indiana Pacers as early as Game 4 on Monday, according to multiple reports. Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis slated to return by Game 4 of the ECF against Indiana Pacers Porzingis, 28, has been making progress from a soleus strain of his right calf, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":305,"featured_media":1581935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4814,447464,447423,91,447424],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kristaps Porzingis (Calf) Could Return By Game 4 Against Pacers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Boston Celtics\u00a0center\u00a0Kristaps Porzingis could make his Eastern Conference finals debut against the Indiana Pacers as early as Game 4 on...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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