Kristaps Porzingis injury latest: Joe Mazzulla gives new update as Boston Celtics star set to miss ‘several games’

The Boston Celtics are one win away from progressing in the NBA playoffs but they have been dealt a blow before Game 5. 

Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out and won’t play a part as the Celtics look to close out the series against the Miami Heat. 

The center only played 13 minutes in Game 4 before being forced to leave the court in the second quarter, while his teammates took their lead up to 3-1. 

He will definitely miss the next game in Boston, but there is potential for a longer spell out…

Kristaps Porzingis injury latest

Porzingis has suffered a right soleus strain, according to ESPN. 

A soleus strain causes pain in the calf muscle and the achilles. 

It is the same injury that has kept Giannis Antetokounmpo out of the Milwaukee Bucks’ series against the Indiana Pacers so far. 

There were concerns of a serious achilles injury, but he seems to have avoided that. 

However, the issue is still expected to keep him out for ‘a minimum of several games’ as reported by NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski. 

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla gave an update on Porzingis’ condition on Wednesday, saying: “I don’t know the specifics of it; they use a lot of fancy words. But I do know it will be re-evaluated next week.

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“We’ll see how he responds to the treatment and how much better he gets here in the first week.

“That’s kind of the goal is to rehab it like crazy over the next week and see where we’re at from there.”

So Porzingis will miss Game 5 against the Heat and possibly more of the series should the Celtics fail to secure a 4-1 win. 

If the Celtics do progress, they are likely to be without their center against either the Cleveland Cavaliers or Orlando Magic in the Conference Semi-finals. 

After the game in which Porzingis picked up the injury, fans found footage of the incident that likely caused it. 

The Latvian appeared to roll his ankle a few plays before he was forced to exit the game. 

He limped around after the ankle roll and looked in considerable pain.

And now Celtics fans will be hoping that pain will disappear soon so they can have him back for the remainder of the playoffs.