The Celtics will be without Jaylen Brown in Friday night’s game against the Charlotte Hornets, their second-to-last game of the regular season. That means that Brown — who has missed 11 games with a right knee impingement this season — won’t reach the 65-game minimum to be eligible for end-of-season awards like All-NBA.
Brown had previously maintained that the 65-game minimum was not a factor in his decision to play down the stretch. Now, having played in 63 games with two games to play, he officially won’t reach that minimum.
Joe Mazzulla gave an update on Brown’s status on 98.