Boston Celtics starting shooting guard Jaylen Brown will miss another game due to his strained right hamstring and will not play in the team’s Mar. 10 contest with the Indiana Pacers, according to the franchise.
Brown, who injured his leg in the Mar. 3 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, has been taking a cautious approach with the injury due to the fact that hamstring strains are very easy to reinjure, and that Brown has had that injury in the past.
With the postseason just under a month distant, Boston has been playing exceptionally safe with the health of key players like the Georgia native, and teammate Kemba Walker’s knee, which saw the UConn product miss much of February as the Bronx native recuperated from the sidelines.
Second-year center Robert Williams III, who himself recently returned from a near-three month absence to a bruised hip, was listed by the team as probable with lower back pain after falling in Sunday’s 105-104 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Boston will likely need the frontcourt depth against the Pacers’ big man duo of Domantas Sabonis and Myles Turner, each of whom presents unique coverage challenges for the Celtics.
