Celtics wing Jaylen Brown has been ruled out of Thursday’s game against Detroit due to a lower back contusion, per Jared Weiss of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Brown sustained the injury on Monday against the Lakers after being accidentally kneed in the back by LeBron James. Both players were down in pain for a few minutes, but were able to return later in the contest.
Brown, who signed a five-year, super-max extension in the offseason, is averaging 22.6 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 3.6 APG and 1.1 SPG on .478/.335/.734 shooting in 28 games (33.8 MPG) this season for Boston.
Here are some more injury notes from around the NBA:
- The Mavericks will be without Luka Doncic for Thursday’s game in Minnesota, as first reported by Marc Stein (via Twitter). Doncic is dealing with left quad soreness. As Stein notes, it’s the second game of a back-to-back for Dallas, which lost to Cleveland on Wednesday.
- Warriors swingman Gary Payton II practiced on Wednesday, according to Jon Schultz of The San Francisco Chronicle. “He had a lot of energy today,” Trayce Jackson-Davis said of Payton. “Had a great practice, and we need them out there. Obviously our guard depth is a little shallow right now, and just having another defensive two-way guard on the floor is going to help us a lot.” However, Payton has been ruled out of Thursday’s contest vs. Miami, per the league’s official injury report. It will be the 13th consecutive absence for Payton, who has been battling a right calf strain.
- Lakers guard Gabe Vincent underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Wednesday and will be reevaluated in about eight weeks, writes Broderick Turner of The Los Angeles Times. Jarred Vanderbilt is one of the players who will receive more minutes with Vincent out, Turner adds. “It obviously hurt. He’s a big component of what we do,” Vanderbilt said of Vincent. “Great player, great system player. So, obviously health comes first. So, we want him to get healthy. For us, it’s the next-man-up mentality. Continue to play the right way and have some guys step up in his absence.”
- Pelicans big man Larry Nance Jr. has missed the past month after aggravating a rib fracture, but he’ll be active tonight against Utah, he told Christian Clark of NOLA.com and other media members (Twitter link). Nance has been limited to 14 games thus far in 2023/24.
- The Heat have dealt with numerous injuries once again this season and will be shorthanded during Thursday’s contest in Golden State, tweets Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. Jimmy Butler (left calf strain), Kyle Lowry (soreness), Caleb Martin (right ankle sprain) are all out, Josh Richardson (back discomfort) is doubtful, and Orlando Robinson is away from the team after being assigned to the G League.
Calf strain = no arch support in your shoe.
So true and thank you to physical therapy for teaching new awareness!
Not necessarily – plantar fasciitis is a common result of insufficient arch support. Calf strain can be from a range of causes
Yes Cam, for sure… as with anything, there could be a bunch of different reasons why it happens. But I’ve been finding that this is perhaps one place to look to help alleviate the calf strain.
Mine kept cramping up or straining and couldn’t figure out why. Then someone told me about better arch in the shoe and voila… No calf strains since, EXCEPT if I play ball and forget my arch supports at home lol.
Tried running without them and immediately the calf goes bonkers.
Yes and I’ve had plantar fasciitis also. That was very painful. Strange how a heel cup with waffled padding on the underside helped with that.
But yes that was a tough one to shake. You think it’s a heel strain or bone spurs in the heel, not knowing the entire makeup of the foot with the plantar fasciitis running along the bottom.
I think by the time I’m 80 I’ll have life all figured out, but then be too old to benefit lol.
Lower back contusion= we’re playing the pistons. I’m taking a rest day