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Derrick White of Celtics<\/p>\n
The Boston Celtics<\/a> head into a showdown at Madison Square Garden carrying one of the heaviest injury reports of their season. With four players listed as questionable, Boston desperately needs key contributors to be healthy. An encouraging update has emerged from shootaround that could tilt things in the Celtics\u2019 favor against a Knicks<\/a> team firmly in playoff positioning mode.<\/p>\n \u201cStatus Alert: Derrick White (knee) participating in shootaround Thursday,\u201d As reported by Underdog NBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n Status alert: Derrick White (knee) participating in shootaround Thursday.<\/p>\n White\u2019s Return Would Be Massive<\/p>\n This\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200c\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200c\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200c\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200c is a big development for a Celtics side that has been playing short-handed. White has been arguably Boston\u2019s most complete two-way player this season, producing 16.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game on average.<\/p>\n These numbers make him almost impossible to replace in a game of this scale. The Celtics cannot afford to run depleted against a 51-win Knicks squad on their home floor.<\/p>\n Celtics Injury Report<\/p>\n Jaylen Brown\u00a0\u2014 Questionable (Left Achilles Tendinitis)<\/p>\n Sam Hauser\u00a0\u2014 Questionable (Low Back Spasm)<\/p>\n Neemias Queta\u00a0\u2014 Questionable (Right Toe Sprain)<\/p>\n Derrick White\u00a0\u2014 Questionable (Right Knee Contusion)<\/p>\n If\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200c\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200c\u200b\u200d\u200b\u200c\u200d\u200b\u200d\u200c White is cleared for the game, Boston might be closer to winning this match. He is the driving force that keeps the Celtics\u2019 offense running smoothly when Jaylen Brown is limited or absent.<\/p>\n Without him, the Celtics would be basically relying on Jayson Tatum to single-handedly lead the team against one of the toughest venues in basketball.<\/p>\n White taking part in shootaround almost certainly means he plays, and if he does, Boston will get the job done and move one step closer to securing the second seed in the East.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tJayesh Pagar<\/a> Jayesh Pagar is a writer at Heavy Sports, covering the New York Knicks and other NBA teams. He brings four years of experience across digital sports media, including NBA, WNBA, college basketball, and college football. He covered as the Knicks beat writer for ONSI and has written for PFSN, Sporting News, and ClutchPoints. More about Jayesh Pagar<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Celtics\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Derrick White of Celtics The Boston Celtics head into a showdown at Madison Square Garden carrying one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-706710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-bostonceltics","12":"tag-celtics","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116375646190814924","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706710","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=706710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}