Celtics injury report: 4 starters listed vs. Raptors Friday...

Celtics injury report: 4 starters listed vs. Raptors Friday

Garden on Friday night, they won’t have

a full roster. Following a Thursday night

overtime victory over the Pistons, Boston

has eight players, including four regular

starters, on their injury list.

Al Horford has already been ruled out by

the Celtics due to rest, which is to be

expected given that he hasn’t played a

back-to-back in two seasons. Boston’s top

two big men will probably be missing for

the second half of the back-to-back due

to the dubious status of Kristaps

Luke Kornet and Neemias Queta will handle the lion’s

share of minutes at center without that

duo while Lamar Stevens could see spot

duty if Joe Mazzulla wants to go small against Toronto.

Due to a variety of ailments, three

important starters for Boston have been

listed as questionable. Jaylen Brown has

a low back contusion, so for the second

straight game, he is questionable. With

the same issue, he missed Thursday’s

victory. Jrue Holiday (right elbow injury)

and Jason Tatum (sprained ankle) are

both doubtful for the game after logging

significant minutes against the Pistons.

Due to a G-League assignment, Boston

will also be without rookie Jordan Walsh

and two-way players Drew Peterson and

JD Davison, potentially making eight

roster players available for the game.

Boston will face a tough battle as the

Raptors visit town without a rotation

player on the injury report, hoping to

extend their home winning streak to 16

games to start the season.

The Celtics have won four straight games

overall and have beaten the Raptors in

both head-to-head matchups this season.

Boston and Toronto tip off at TD Garden at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday night.

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