Despite the rapid series of injury complications, the Boston Celtics have still managed to hold their own in the Eastern Conference. However, according to head coach Doc Rivers, the C's have been dealt with another injury as center Kevin Garnett is expected to miss a significant chunk of time due to a left foot injury.
"I think we'll know more later," Rivers said, referring to the MRI. "I would say doubtful for [Tuesday] but we'll know more later. I don't think Kevin is playing [Tuesday]. I'm almost positive of that but then what we want to make sure is that he's going to be good soon.
"At the end of the day, I want him right, not half-right."
According to WEEI and the Boston Globe, Celtics GM Danny Ainge confirmed the news Monday that Garnett will miss out on Tuesday's game against the New York Knicks.
"Take a couple of Advil and give it some rest," Ainge said. "Could he play [Tuesday]? Yeah but we're not playing him [Tuesday]. The time frame, I don't know but it's not an ankle sprain but there's inflammation in the ankle, sort of like an ankle sprain in unpredictability. So I think that it's not longer than three weeks or it could be a week. I'll guess two weeks just because we want to make sure he's really ready. We need to get him fresh anyway."
The absence of Garnett will cause the Celtics to play a much smaller lineup that includes "no point guards."
Still, it's not all bad for the Celtics as guard Courtney Lee is expected to make his return to the floor from an ankle injury sometime soon.
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