RAPTORS LINEUP TONIGHT UPDATE
Coming off of a game Sunday night, a close victory over the Detroit Pistons where Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland and Evan Mobley all played at least 39 minutes, will the Cavs decide to rest their stars? We’ll keep an eye on things and update here once that news comes out. The Raptors will be missing a few players of their own, hopefully evening the odds a bit.Ĭurrently, the healthy Cavaliers are expected to play. Kevin Love, Jarrett Allen and Lamar Stevens will miss tonight’s game, although Caris LeVert has a chance to return. The problem is that the Cavs aren’t dealing with one injury, they are dealing with a host of them. It means the Cavs are likely hungry for a rematch to even the score.
It was a difficult night, with Darius Garland suffering a bizarre eye injury that would keep him out for two weeks and the Cavs losing a close game by three points.
The 2022-23 NBA Season began in Toronto for the Cleveland Cavaliers. There’s a lot of teams that think otherwise Toronto is one of them.Editor’s Note: This piece updated to reflect most recent injury report “The number one seed would be fitting, but we have to just come out and play basketball. “I feel like we’re the number one team,” Brown said recently. Still, as important as good health is to this team going into the playoffs, Jaylen Brown is among the Celtics who isn’t ready to concede the top spot in the East to Toronto just yet. MORE CELTICS - BLAKELY: Bad blood brewing between C's and Raptors.So we want him to feel great.”Īnd for Boston, feeling great is completely independent of winning tonight and potentially winding up with the best overall record in the East for the second year in a row.
“Obviously with.our health situation being what it is, Terry’s gonna have a lot of minutes ahead. “We’re not playing him if he’s not better than that,” Stevens said. Prior to the game, Celtics coach Brad Stevens said Rozier was about “80 to 85 percent” healthy but would not return to the floor until he closer to being fully healthy. The latest victim of the injury bug is Terry Rozier, who did not play in Boston’s 106-102 loss at Milwaukee on Tuesday because of a left ankle sprain. Jeff Goodman: Why Celtics should pursue Bradley Bealīut for the Celtics, playoff seeding takes a back seat to the team’s health, which has been an issue all season. 2 seed fares better than the top overall seed.
RAPTORS LINEUP TONIGHT FULL
In addition, it would be the second win in less than a week for the injury-riddled Celtics over a Toronto team that at full strength.Īnd if the two were to meet in the playoffs, it wouldn't be until the Eastern Conference finals when Boston would likely have its top scorer (Kyrie Irving) and top defender (Marcus Smart) back in the lineup.
RAPTORS LINEUP TONIGHT SERIES
The Celtics (53-24) come in trailing Toronto (55-22) by two games in the East with four to play after tonight.Įven if the Raptors are able to hold on to the top spot, a Celtics win tonight would be a major blow to Toronto and boost for Boston.Ī Boston win would give the Celtics the head-to-head series three games to one, which would include a rare road win against Toronto team that has won at home like no other team in the East this season (31-7).
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