Boston Celtics Injury Report: Payton Pritchard Remains On The List Vs. Detroit

Payton Pritchard remained connected nan Celtics wounded study connected Sunday, aft missing his first crippled of nan play connected Friday nighttime successful Atlanta. 

The Celtics person listed nan starting defender arsenic QUESTIONABLE pinch near ankle soreness. Here is nan afloat wounded report: 

• Chris Boucher - Low Back Spasms - QUESTIONABLE
• Josh Minott - Left Ankle Sprain - OUT
• Payton Pritchard - Left Ankle Soreness - QUESTIONABLE
• Jayson Tatum - Right Achilles Repair - OUT

The Celtics return connected nan Detroit Pistons connected Monday nighttime successful an MLK Day matchup. They drew nan premier clip slot earlier nan play started, and nan NBA was rewarded pinch a matchup of nan apical 2 teams successful nan East. Detroit being nan apical seed is simply a spot of a surprise, but nan Celtics rising to 2nd is an moreover bigger one. 

These 2 teams person played each different reliable each season. Detroit leads nan play bid 2-1, but each 3 games were decided by 7 points aliases less. 

Pritchard has had a mates of bully games against nan Pistons, dropping 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds successful an October nonaccomplishment and past scoring 16 connected 50% shooting successful their late-November win. He struggled successful their past matchup, connected December 15, shooting 5-14. 

Overall this season, Pritchard is averaging 16.6 points per crippled contempt immoderate early play struggles dragging his ratio to 1 of nan lowest points of his career. Baylor Scheierman has been getting starts precocious arsenic nan Celtics person dealt pinch nan absence of Pritchard and Jaylen Brown for a game. Scheierman has filled successful well, doing a batch of small things to thief nan Celtics, but besides hitting 3 3-pointers filling successful for Pritchard against Atlanta. 

Detroit and Boston extremity disconnected astatine 8 p.m. connected Peacock and NBC.