The Hospital Celtics are flirting with a comeback as another name is added to the Boston Celtics injury list — Robert Williams III is out for Boston’s home rematch with the Toronto Raptors with a sore left hip.
Joining veteran guard Marcus Smart (calf tear) and second-year wing Romeo Langford (wrist) as scratches for the contest, Time Lord’s injury bears watching moving forward. The Louisiana native missed 38 games of the 2019-20 season with a left hip bone edema — effectively a severe bone bruise, a type of fracture — and with several other Celtics out or nursing sore extremities, it is certainly a development of concern.
#NEBHInjuryReport update vs. Toronto:
Romeo Langford (right wrist surgery rehab) – OUT
Marcus Smart (left calf tear) – OUT
Robert Williams (left hip soreness) – OUT— Boston Celtics (@celtics) February 11, 2021
The Raptors report no additional surprises on the injury front from our earlier assessment of their health, and while Boston has the bodies to man a frontcourt against a team relatively thin for big men like Toronto, the Celtics will be missing the vertical spacing and intensity he brings to the court.
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