The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics are poised to take on one another as they compete for the 2022 NBA Championship, and the two closely-matched ball clubs will need every advantage they can muster in the series ahead to win it.
Health, in particular, looms large for the Celtics, with two starters listed as questionable for Game 1 of the 2022 NBA Finals on Thursday, with Robert Williams III nursing a bone bruise and Marcus Smart dealing with multiple injuries below the belt. And while longer gaps between games in the finals ought to help Boston’s banged-up players, their availability moving forward was an issue of interest discussed by Celtics head coach Ime Udoka on Tuesday after practice.
“Rob’s alright,” shared Udoka. “He’s good. He felt good; his minutes (in Game 7 of the East finals) were low, he only played 14 in that game.”
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