Jaylen Brown (non-COVID sickness) uncertain for Celtics vs. Wizards
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Brown’s sickness has put his standing for Thursday’s sport doubtful.
The Celtics listed Jaylen Brown as uncertain for Thursday’s matchup towards the Wizards on their newest harm report, citing a non-COVID sickness.
Brown has performed in all 21 of the Celtics’ video games to this point this season. He scored a season-high 42 factors towards the Knicks on Tuesday night time.
If he winds up lacking the Washington sport, it is going to be the primary time these younger Celtics will play with out Brown this season. Jordan Walsh, Josh Minott, Baylor Scheierman, and Hugo Gonzalez have been competing for minutes on the wings.
This may very well be an opportunity to get an prolonged take a look at them.
After dropping their first three video games of the season, the Celtics have gained seven of their final 9 video games.
“It’s straightforward to deal with what you see now, however in case you return to preseason, earlier than the season we’re in a a lot completely different house now,” Brown mentioned Monday concerning the progress the younger wings have made. “You’ll be able to see the distinction in case you return to a few of these early video games … there’s been an enormous about of development.”
Boston has a fast turnaround forward. They’ll journey to Washington for a Thursday night time matchup with the Wizards earlier than flying again to host the rival Lakers on Friday night time at TD Backyard.
Brown and Jayson Tatum (proper Achilles restore) had been the one gamers listed on the harm report.
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