The Boston Celtics have dominated out star guard Jrue Vacation for Sunday’s sport on the San Antonio Spurs. Based on the damage report, Vacation is coping with a sprain in his proper elbow, and the Celtics will maintain him out for precautionary causes as they search to increase their profitable streak to 6 video games.
Boston, which is an NBA-best 25-6, is on prime of the Japanese Convention, whereas the Spurs (5-21) have the worst document within the Western Convention.
Though they’re on the highway on Sunday, the Celtics are two wins away from setting a document for consecutive residence wins to begin a season. They’re 16-0 at TD Backyard.
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This would be the third sport that Jrue Vacation will miss this season. In 29 appearances, he averages 13.1 factors, 6.6 rebounds and 4.7 assists per sport and is capturing 42.0% from past the arc.
Jrue Vacation’s stats vs. San Antonio Spurs
Jrue Vacation has confronted the San Antonio Spurs 33 instances in his profession since coming into the NBA in 2009. He averages 16.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg and 4.2 apg in opposition to the Spurs.
“No matter the lineup, we have small things we can go to,” Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla mentioned concerning the workforce’s depth, through NBA.com.
“We have guys that are willing to step up, we have guys that understand it’s about execution, it’s about effort, and it’s about toughness. I’ve got 1,000 percent faith in the entire locker room. The poise to be able to just execute is kind of what we’re looking to build.”
Apart from Jrue Vacation, the opposite three Boston megastars might be good to go in opposition to San Antonio. Kristaps Porzingis and Jayson Tatum did not play within the 118-120 residence win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday.
The 2 megastars missed the sport attributable to accidents to the calf and ankle, respectively, however they’re good to go vs the Spurs.
However, the Spurs are on the verge of one other dropping season, as they proceed to wrestle regardless of the presence of 2023 No. 1 draft decide Victor Wembanyama.
San Antonio has the second-worst in the whole NBA, with solely the Detroit Pistons (3-29) having received fewer video games.
