Windhorst on Porzingis’ ‘rare injury’: There’s no track record for it in the NBA | SC with SVP

Windhorst on Porzingis’ ‘rare injury’: There’s no track record for it in the NBA | SC with SVP

and the Celtics have officially listed christops porzingis as questionable it’s a rare injury you’ve probably seen on social media the the medical term it’s very complicated but it’s rare the injury occurred in the third quarter of game two unclear exactly how it happened here are porzingis and Missoula with more obviously it’s not uh ideal situation but uh who cares uh I’m here to be a soldier and to try to help this team win nothing’s going to stop me unless you know I’m I’m told not to no let me play I Feel Good like let’s do treatment um but obviously yeah they they’re you know I cannot trick them into making me you know allowing me to play but but I will try thanks folks that’s all thank it’s a serious injury um and at the end of the day our team and and the medical team is not going to put him uh in any bad situation and so uh we’ve taken a decision to play out of his hands doesn’t sound promising for his availability meanwhile Luca donic receiving a painkilling injection to numb the area of his thoracic contusion prior to the game two loss in Boston that’s what sources told ESPN Tuesday the expectation is that he would receive another injection before game three tomorrow according to sources donic listed as probable as the Mavericks look to get their their first victory in the series he has been excellent the rest of the Maverick starters have failed to produce nearly anything in this series two from 21 from Beyond The Arc as opposed to Luca who’s going eight for 21 from three donic had doesn’t assist the rest of the Maverick starters have tallied just one more so more perspective from an analytical lens ball movement a major issue for the maps 315 total touches in game one the fewest by any team in a game and over the last three three postseasons 326 in game two the second fewest by any team in the last three postseasons trailing only if you’re following along here them from game one meanwhile the Dallas defense which has never been a strength but has been a whole lot better recently hasn’t been able to stay in front of the Celtics in Boston knows it 35 blowb in game two According to second Spectrum the most by any team in a game all season that’s regular season or playoffs Jason Tatum has led the charge in that area 13 blow buys on drives in game one 19 in game two and According to second Spectrum that’s the most blowb by any player in a game all season long so as the final shift to Dallas clearly the Mavericks are hoping that home cooking works out but the Celtics haven’t lost on the road this postseason and in fact over the past three years you’re looking at an historic clip of winning in the postseason on the road Brian windhorse joins us now from Dallas and the Celtics have demonstrated as well this postseason that their success isn’t porzingis dependent they’re 5- one with and they’re nine and one without and now another injury pops up how are they proceeding regarding his potential availability or not for game three and Beyond Brian well this is such a rare injury Scott I’ve never seen about it or heard it there’s almost no track record of it in the NBA so it’s very hard hard to predict how he’s going to feel tomorrow and if he can play what he might look like out there what I can tell you is this he looked great in games one and two he was a humongous differen maker in those games and while the Celtics have are basically going to be able to continue their starting lineup no matter what the big thing here is Al Horford Al Horford when he plays 25 minutes or less 25 28 minutes is extremely effective when he’s got to play more like like 32 35 he his his Effectiveness goes down and look they’re plus 25 with porzingis on the court they’re even with him off the court so even if he’s limited it opens up a door for Dallas to to try to use this as a unexpected Edge in this trying to get back in this series as we’ve just mentioned Boston’s been so good on the road but if Dallas is going to flip the script here which they clearly have to do to get back in the series something will have to change where where does it have to start for them Brian okay so Kyrie Irving flat out has just got to be better I mean this is something he uh absolutely understands he talked about it he’s you know gone up to Luca and like personally apologize for not being more of a factor and look the Celtics are giving him problems they have terrific uh you know perimeter Defenders that stay in front of him they’re so so crisp and how they handle they’re switching they switch and then unswitched it’s really a tough situation they have great length that they rotate onto him they don’t have a problem with it but Kyrie has got to be more decisive less dribbling more action he’s holding on the ball too long not making aggressive plays the rest of their offense the rest of the things that are being issues can be managed but if Kyrie isn’t great if he’s not a top two or three player in this series Dallas doesn’t have a chance and that’s got to start obviously in game three I totally agree with that I and it’s about that he can’t be a middling player he’s got to be a star which he’s been in the playoffs up until these first two games that and they’ve got to make threes don’t do that and we could be looking at a wrap I would think Brian wior hopefully we can talk again after game three Wednesday we [Music] [Applause] will on [Applause]

Brian Windhorst joins SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt to discuss the status of Kristaps Porzingis after suffering an injury during the Boston Celtics’ Game 2 win over the Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic receiving a pain-killing injection before Game 2.

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