UPDATE: Jaylen Brown's Current Injury Status For Suns-Celtics Game
UPDATE: Jaylen Brown is available (h/t Jack Simone of CelticsBlog).
On Thursday evening, the Boston Celtics will host the Phoenix Suns in Massachusetts.
For the game, they could be without one of their best players, as All-Star forward Jaylen Brown is on the injury report.
Brown missed the team's last game, so this would be his second straight out of the lineup (if he doesn't play).
Via Underdog NBA: "Jaylen Brown (hip) questionable for Thursday."
Brown is having a productive season with averages of 22.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.1 steals per contest while shooting 50.0% from the field and 34.9% from the three-point range in 59 games.
The Celtics are the best team in the NBA (and the first seed in the Eastern Conference) with a 51-14 record in 65 games.
They are in the middle of a three-game winning streak and have gone 8-2 over their last ten games.
Most recently, the Celtics beat Jordan Clarkson and the Utah Jazz (in Salt Lake City) by a score of 123-107.
Following their matchup with the Suns, they will visit Kyle Kuzma and the Washington Wizards on Sunday evening.
As for the Suns, they are the seventh seed in the Western Conference with a 38-27 record in 65 games.
They have gone 5-5 over their last ten games and most recently lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers by a score of 117-111.
Following the Celtics, the Suns will play their next game on Friday evening when they travel to North Carolina for a matchup with Brandon Miller and the Charlotte Hornets.