Overview
- Boston placed Jaylen Brown on the injury report with a left quad contusion but listed him as probable for Sunday at TD Garden against Minnesota.
- Brown has appeared in the Celtics’ past nine games, with his last absence on March 2 due to illness.
- The All-Star has logged 63 games this season, averaging 28.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.2 assists on 47.9% shooting.
- Boston enters the matchup 47-23 as the East’s No. 2 seed, riding a four-game winning streak and sitting four games behind Detroit.
- Jayson Tatum remains available after returning from an Achilles issue, while Nikola Vucevic is out following right ring finger surgery set to sideline him until mid-April.