Boston Celtics hope to end their two-game losing streak on Saturday when they host the Phoenix Suns at the Footprint Center.They will lose though. Kristaps Porzingis was ruled out a few hours before kickoff with a strained right hamstring.Porzingis scored 24 points in the Celtics’ 115-109 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. He was questionable on Boston’s injury report before being ruled out.
The big man missed the Celtics’ 140-88 win over the Golden State Warriors on March 3 with a left quad strain. Al Horford got the start in the absence of Porzingis with Xavier Tillman coming off the bench. Both scored seven points and collected four rebounds in the match.
In Boston’s losses against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Nuggets, Porzingis had 48 points, 21 rebounds and four blocks.The Celtics are 13-3 without Porzingis this season, with the losses coming against the Indiana Pacers. , the Los Angeles Clippers and the Warriors.
According to Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe, Devin Booker has been waived by Phoenix. Booker has missed the last three Suns games with a sprained ankle suffered last Saturday against the Houston Rockets..
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