{"id":582766,"date":"2026-02-04T22:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/582766\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T22:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:18:23","slug":"celtics-get-brutal-injury-news-before-rockets-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/582766\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics Get Brutal Injury News Before Rockets Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics were already in a tough spot today. Not only are they on the second night of a back-to-back after <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/celtics-rout-mavericks-hours-after-jarring-anfernee-simons-trade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beating the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> last night, but they\u2019re also still shorthanded after <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/celtics-star-drops-emotional-truth-bomb-after-stunning-anfernee-simons-trade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trading Anfernee Simons<\/a> to the Chicago Bulls yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the Celtics, it looks like they\u2019ll be even more depleted tonight based on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/celtics\/status\/2019117336523927926\" rel=\"nofollow\">today\u2019s injury report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Wednesday night\u2019s road game against the Houston Rockets, Boston listed Jaylen Brown as doubtful with left hamstring tightness and right knee soreness. That\u2019s a tough blow with Brown coming off <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/celtics-jaylen-brown-reveals-reason-for-best-rebounding-game-of-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">back-to-back monster games<\/a> to open February.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics also ruled out Sam Hauser with a right thumb strain and Chris Boucher due to personal reasons. Jayson Tatum remains out with his Achilles injury.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Injury Report for tonight at HOU:<\/p>\n<p>Chris Boucher \u2013 Personal Reasons \u2013 OUT<br \/>Jaylen Brown \u2013 Left Hamstring Tightness and Right Knee Soreness \u2013 DOUBTFUL<br \/>Sam Hauser \u2013 Right Thumb Strain \u2013 OUT<br \/>Anfernee Simons \u2013 Personal Reasons \u2013 OUT<br \/>Jayson Tatum \u2013 Right Achilles Repair \u2013 OUT<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/2019117336523927926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Brown sits, it will be his second missed game in the last four contests. The reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/celtics-jaylen-brown-finally-wins-big-award-for-first-time-in-career\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month<\/a> also sat out <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/celtics-joe-mazzulla-defends-unpopular-jaylen-brown-decision-vs-kings\/amp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last Friday\u2019s home win<\/a> over the Sacramento Kings. His next chance to play would be on Friday against the Miami Heat at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Boston has won three of the four games Brown has missed this season, but not having Hauser and Simons means the team will be extra short on firepower against the league\u2019s fourth-best defense.<\/p>\n<p>Derrick White and Payton Pritchard will need to step up in their absence, as will others. The Celtics were already significant underdogs before the injury report came out, so getting a fourth straight win won\u2019t be easy against a red-hot Rockets team that\u2019s 8-2 over its last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics were already in a tough spot today. Not only are they on the second night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3794],"tags":[4329,7,10761,292,194,4066,78,77,6,211,2080],"class_list":{"0":"post-582766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-anfernee-simons","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-chris-boucher","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-rockets","13":"tag-houstonrockets","14":"tag-jaylen-brown","15":"tag-jayson-tatum","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-rockets","18":"tag-sam-hauser"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116014685120683504","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}