As Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis limped off the court towards Miami’s visiting locker room Monday night, fears of a post-season cut short began to simmer.
An MRI reportedly revealed the star center avoided serious injury, suffering a right soleus strain (or, for our non-podiatrist readers, a calf strain). Still, Porzingis will be sidelined for an indefinite amount of games, with his return contingent on how he responds to treatment. The Celtics are not viewing the strain as a season-ending injury, according to The Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach.
“The lack of a definitive timeline for Porzingis’s return was due to the fact that the team just doesn’t know yet,” Himmelsbach wrote.