As the Boston Celtics attempt to take a 3-1 series lead against the Orlando Magic in their first-round Eastern Conference series, they will be without guard Jrue Holiday, and guard-forward Jaylen Brown is listed as questionable for Sunday’s Game 4 (7 p.m. ET, TNT).
In some good news for the banged-up Celtics, All-NBA forward Jayson Tatum, who sustained a bruised right wrist in Game 1 and missed Game 2 but played in Game 3, is no longer on the injury report.
Holiday, who missed Orlando’s 95-93 Game 3 victory Friday, has a strained right hamstring.
‘He’s doing well,’ Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said Saturday. ‘Just taking it one day at a time and seeing how he comes out of it.’
Brown is on the injury report with right knee posterior impingement, which is pain or discomfort behind the knee. Brown also said he dislocated his left index finger in Game 3, but that is not included on the injury report.
Brown has dealt with knee pain this season and missed 12 games in the final two months of the season. The Celtics also limited his minutes in the final month, keeping him under 30 minutes in the final seven games he played in the regular season.
Brown, who had injections to relieve the pain earlier this month, sat out the final three games of the regular season and has played at least 30 minutes in each game against the Magic, including 42 minutes in Game 2.