Celtics Final Injury Report And Starting Lineup Against The Hawks

The Boston Celtics have finalized their injury report and starting lineup.

On Saturday afternoon, the Boston Celtics are hosting the Atlanta Hawks in Massachusetts for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. 

For the game, the Celtics have finalized their injury report and starting lineup.  

Danilo Gallinari has been ruled out, and no one else is on their injury report.  

NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown has missed each of the last two games but is not on the injury report and is in the starting lineup.

Considering Gallinari hasn't played in a game this season, the Celtics come into the day fully healthy. 

NBA's official injury report 

Their starting lineup has been relayed by Underdog NBA. 

Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Celtics will start Smart, White, Brown, Tatum, Horford on Saturday."

Lineup alert: Celtics will start Smart, White, Brown, Tatum, Horford on Saturday.

— Underdog NBA (@Underdog__NBA) April 15, 2023

The Celtics have been one of the best teams in the league all season long and finished as the second seed in the Eastern Conference with a 57-25 record. 

They have made the Conference Finals in four of the previous six seasons and lost in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals. 

It's that time again in Boston.

Jayson Tatum and the @celtics postseason mission begins today at 3:30 PM ET on TNT!#PhantomCam pic.twitter.com/IzdEM6MPmu

— NBA (@NBA) April 15, 2023

The Celtics went 8-2 over their final ten games and are a sensational 32-9 in the 41 games they have hosted on their home floor in Boston. 

As for the Hawks, they were 41-41, which had them as the eighth seed, but they beat the Miami Heat in the play-in tournament, so they are the seventh seed for the playoffs. 

On the road, the Hawks have gone 18-24 in the 42 games they have played away from State Farm Arena (counting Tuesday's win over the Heat). 

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