Andre Snellings details whether fantasy managers should have panic or patience with Khris Middleton, Jimmy Butler and Jrue Holiday.
Celtics withstand furious #Knicks run, get another win, 118-105. Jayson Tatum 25 (10 reb, 9 ast), Jaylen Brown 24, Derrick White 19, Kristaps Porzingis 15, Jrue Holiday 14;
It had been a while since the last vintage Jrue Holiday run, one filled with a nonstop flurry of winning plays, but he whipped one together early Sunday afternoon. Over the first six minutes of the Boston Celtics’ 118-105 win,
Is it officially time to be worried about veteran Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday yet? The UCLA alum has not been having an especially great stretch of play in recent weeks when he has been on the floor.
Jrue Holiday sat a stretch of games before the All-Star break, giving him an extended period to rest his lingering shoulder injury.
Holiday (shoulder) will be available for Thursday's game against the 76ers, Taylor Snow of the Celtics' official site reports. Holiday missed Boston's final four games before the All-Star break, but he's no longer showing up on the official injury report.
With Jrue Holiday (rest) and Al Horford (toe) sidelined, Hauser will slide into the starting five. The sharpshooter has started in nine outings this season, during which he has averaged 11.4 points, 3.
Jrue Holiday has had a down year, but on Sunday against the rival Knicks, he showed Celtics fans why there is no cause for concern come playoff time.
The surprising Detroit Pistons will try to do something on Wednesday that they haven't accomplished in 17 years. They'll look to stretch their winning streak to eight games when they host the defending champion Boston Celtics.
Up until recently, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla didn't have the depth necessary to deal with the absence of a guard or forward. Whenever Boston has been short-handed in the backcourt or on the wing, Mazzulla has been forced to lean on a double-big rotation.
The Boston Celtics were without several key players but still defeated the Toronto Raptors for their sixth straight win.