Visit ESPN to view the Boston Celtics team injuries for the current season Let's just say his swing is ... interesting. It might be in Boston’s best interest if Milwaukee had to play a team like, say, the Heat in Round 2 given their regular-season struggles against them.Celtics coach Brad Stevens said he will use the final two seeding games in order to ensure his team’s conditioning is adequate given the minimum three-day break the team will endure between Thursday’s matinee finale and the potential start of the playoffs next Monday. All-Star guard Ben Simmons will leave the NBA bubble to undergo surgery on his left knee, The Athletic's Shams Charania reported Saturday. Here's a look, Tacko Fall hit the golf course with Mo Bamba today: Judging by Bamba's reaction to Fall's second shot, though, it sounds like the Celtics rookie is improving.If you're wondering why Fall was golfing with a Magic player and not his own teammates, Perhaps Bamba also knows a swing coach he can put Fall in touch with, too?The Boston Celtics have clinched the No. The split of postseason playing time for those players could be dictated by matchups. One win by the No.
Memphis isn’t just trying to hold onto that prime No. Is the Philadelphia 76ers' worst-case scenario playing out?All-Star guard Ben Simmons will leave the NBA bubble to undergo surgery on his left knee, The procedure will "remove a loose body" from Simmons' knee, While the Sixers haven't ruled Simmons out for the season, sources say it would take a deep run into the playoffs to keep the door open on the possibility of a return --- and that's still an iffy proposition. 8 real estate to make the play-in easier, they’re trying to avoid getting bounced from the play-in all together.Which is why Tuesday’s tilt means a whole bunch to Memphis. 6 Sixers, who are the most likely first-round opponent for Boston. Is the Philadelphia 76ers' worst-case scenario playing out? 8 spot in the West but there were three other teams within one game in the Blazers, Spurs, and Suns. 5 Indiana Pacers with four seeding games remaining.Simmons is averaging 16.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, eight assists and a league-high 2.1 steals for Philly and is the team's best player outside big man Joel Embiid. Every minute in a real game is an opportunity for Boston’s youngest players to make an impression and all of them should be motivated for the uptick they’ll see this week. A look at each team’s remaining schedule:Remember, some of those matchups might look more daunting than they really are if some of the NBA’s top seeds downshift over the final week of seeding games.While the conversation surrounding the Celtics’ first-round opponent has often centered on who might be the easier out — with Philadelphia’s recent injury woes seemingly making the Sixers a more agreeable draw — remember, too, that there could be value in the 4-5 winner being able to push one of the top seeds. There’s a 2.4 percent chance that pick could vault into the top 4, which would trigger Memphis’ protections and cause Memphis to instead deliver a 2021 unprotected first-round pick.To put it simpler: The Celtics can better their potential draft spot by up to three positions if the Grizzlies don’t make the playoffs.
3 seed for Eastern Conference playoffsIt's getting hard to defend lack of Celtics' Marcus Smart in DPoY conversationCeltics vs. Magic live stream: Watch 2020 NBA seeding game onlineJaylen Brown has Marcus Smart's back after NBA Awards finalist snubNBA Awards finalists: Kemba Walker believes ex-Hornets teammate got snubbed The procedure will "remove a loose body" from Simmons' knee, per Charania.