Josh Minott’s stint on the sideline continued Wednesday.
The Celtics dominated the fourth-year wing out for the eighth consecutive recreation as he works his means again from an ankle sprain.
Minott and Jayson Tatum (Achilles) have been the one Celtics gamers who didn’t swimsuit up in opposition to the Indiana Pacers. Jaylen Brown (left hamstring tightness) was upgraded from possible to energetic earlier than tipoff at TD Backyard.
Minott does look like progressing in his rehab, nevertheless. He was shifting properly throughout a pregame exercise Wednesday night, sporting a brace on his injured left ankle.
What the 23-year-old’s function will seem like as soon as he’s wholesome stays to be seen. Minott fell out of head coach Joe Mazzulla’s rotation in late December, logging simply three garbage-time minutes over six video games earlier than his harm. His final significant taking part in time got here in a Dec. 22 win over Indiana.
Earlier than that demotion, Minott appeared in 27 consecutive video games, beginning 10 of them and averaging 18.2 minutes per evening.
Wings Jordan Walsh, Hugo Gonzalez and Baylor Scheierman all have seen constant minutes behind starters Brown and Sam Hauser.
The Pacers, who’ve been wrecked by accidents this season, have been lacking guards Tyrese Haliburton (Achilles) and Bennedict Mathurin (thumb) and ahead Obi Toppin (foot) of their last matchup in opposition to Boston this season.
