Boston Celtics huge man Kristaps Porzingis will reportedly want surgical procedure on his uncommon left damage that he suffered in Recreation 2 of the NBA Finals, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps reported Monday.
Porzingis advised Bontemps that the restoration course of will take a “few months.”
Porzingis performed by means of the damage and returned for the Celtics simply in time to assist them win an NBA championship.
The seven-foot-two Latvian got here again on Monday night time after lacking the earlier two video games, scoring 5 factors with one rebound in 16 minutes to assist the Celtics beat the Mavericks 106-88 in Recreation 5 and win their 18th NBA title.
“I gave every part I might. I gave every part I might,” he stated. “And, man, it feels nice to be a champion.”
The Celtics have stated that his tendon challenge is unrelated to the calf pressure Porzingis sustained April 29 within the first spherical towards Miami that led to him lacking 10 video games.
“It was one thing torn. After which my tendon is simply misplaced. And it just about hurts on each step. Like, I’d take a stroll in Dallas, and my leg would swell up,” he stated. “I used to be like, I don’t know the way I’m going to play, if I’m going to play. However my mindset was all the time, I’m going to attempt to discover a manner how I can handle this.
“And someway I bought it going for this sport. Plenty of it was for positive just like the adrenaline from simply taking part in on the Backyard and taking part in in entrance of our followers and having that chance to shut it out. And, man, I bought it going.”
— With recordsdata from the Related Press
