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Gordon Hayward walking on his own, without boot or crutches, but 'long road' ahead

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Gordon Hayward has given his boot the boot.

Two months after his Boston Celtics debut and the 2017-18 season were spoiled by a gruesome leg injury — a left ankle dislocation-fracture — the former Utah Jazz star is now moving about on his own without crutches or a walking boot.

"Today has been awesome without the walking boot," Hayward told ESPN.

The 27-year-old made a public appearance on Wednesday, and video showed him walking on his own.

"I feel all right, I guess as well as I could," Hayward told reporters Wednesday. "I'm out of the boot right now so that's good, and I'm slowly getting better.