Amir Johnson, who according to Brad Stevens has suffered from plantar fasciitis in recent weeks, missed today's practice to get treatment. Should the big forward miss tomorrow's game against Minnesota in the Garden, then the Celtics coach would have an obvious direction to move as he ponders changes to his lineup.
"We’ve had him in a boot just to be conservative. But he’s – I don’t know what they’ll list him as for tomorrow, but I would say somewhere north of 50-percent likely that he plays," Stevens saaid after practice.
Asked if the injury has been bothering Johnson for awhile, considering that the forward appears to have been playing only limited minutes, Stevens said, "He’s been getting it treated, and he's had it for awhile.