July 2, 2024

Jrue Holiday will not play tonight against the San Antonio Spurs due to a right elbow sprain. Holiday is the only Celtic on the injury report, and Al Horford is expected to join the starting lineup as a result. Derrick White will assume all lead guard duties, and Payton Pritchard should see an increase in minutes as well.

Horford and Kristaps Porzingis are active again after missing Boston’s last game against Toronto. Holiday has been playing great in his last few games, averaging 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists per game with a steal and half a block. He’s shot 53% from the floor and 58% from three in that span.

For the Spurs, Zach Collins and Keldon Johnson will both be out for Gregg Popovich. San Antonio will have to go smaller without Collins at center, but will still have 7’5” Victor Wembanyama on their side. Johnson is a big loss for the Spurs — he’s averaging 17.6 points per game this season. Holiday, who was questionable on yesterday’s injury report, has missed two games so far this season. While the team hasn’t said anything about the severity of the elbow injury, it is unlikely to sideline Holiday for very long.

The Celtics will be much healthier when they face the Spurs at 7 p.m. Sunday to finish off the 2023 part of their season. After missing three rotation players in their Friday win over the Raptors, the C’s only have one starter listed on their injury report. Jrue Holiday is questionable with a right ankle sprain. He was also questionable ahead of the Raptors game, though he ended up playing. Notably, the Celtics will be at full strength otherwise. That means all of Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford will play after missing Friday’s game.

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