ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski shared news that the Boston Celtics may have dodged a bullet on the injury front with veteran point guard Marcus Smart has returned a clean MRI after a hard fall in Game 7 sprained his right foot, first reported on by CLNS Media’s Josue Pavon.
Wojnarowski relates that there is hope that the Flower Mound native will be ready to play in Game 1 of the team’s 2022 Eastern Conference finals series with the Miami Heat, who are dealing with their own banged-up floor general in Kyle Lowry, who has been nursing a strained hamstring.
Speaking to the media after practice on Monday, Celtics head coach Ime Udoka said that Smart’s mid-foot sprain is “pretty tender and sore,” but that the point guard will get “round the clock treatment” while being officially listed as questionable for Game 1.
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