With the playoffs creeping up and Boston practically locked into the No. 2 seed, Joe Mazzulla has a tricky task—winning games without running his players into the ground. At this point, keeping everyone healthy might be just as important as stacking up wins. That’s why the Celtics will be down two starters on Monday when they face the Jazz at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum has been racking up minutes all season, and after going 45 minutes deep in Saturday’s win over the Lakers, he knew some rest was coming.
Al Horford wasn’t far behind, putting in 37 minutes of work in that game. Sure enough, Boston pulled the plug before tip-off on Monday, officially ruling out Tatum (knee) and downgrading Horford (toe). As for Kristaps Porzingis? He’s still out sick, missing his sixth straight game.
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