NBA Playoffs: Celtics' Kristapaps Porzingis' Probable 'for Game 2 against Knicks after illness

Kristaps Porzingis should be good for game 2.

The Boston Celtics Big Man was upgraded for the Matchup on Wednesday with the New York Knicks in the TD Garden, a sign that he should play without problems in the semi -final game of the Eastern Conference.

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Porzingis played only 13 minutes on Monday in game for the 108-105 loss of Celtics in game 1 due to a non-Copic illness. He tried to play it at the beginning, but only took 13 minutes and missed all four of his shots before Celtic's head coach Joe Mazzulla ran out in the middle of the second quarter. He didn't return to the game.

Special features of porzingis disease are not known. Towards the end of the regular season, he missed eight games with an upper respiratory disease that he was the most sick at that time that he was ever in his life. On Tuesday, Mazzulla said that he was not sure whether this recent illness was related to the first, Porzingi's months later still had to do with the effects.

“Since he came back, he thinks that he has kept dealing with it, going through it, working through it and doing the best,” said Mazzulla about NBC Sports Boston. “I think it was just too much for him in this game [on Monday].

“He had made it since he came back and he did a great job. It was difficult for him to continue [on Monday]So we will see how he deals with it. “

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Porzingis scored an average of 19.5 points and 6.8 rebounds this season, his second with the Celtics. The 29-year-old scored an average of 12 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in her opening series against Orlando Magic. Porzingis is over $ 60 million with the team in the first year of a two-year contract.

The Knicks gathered on Monday from a 20-point hole to numb the Celtics in the extension to bring the early 1-0 series in the lead. While the Celtics could have won without Porzingis, his presence on Wednesday evening should be a nice addition for the defending champions if they try to compensate for the series before going to New York.