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Celtics Star to Undergo Extensive Imaging for Lingering Injury

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The Boston Celtics could see one of their two star forwards miss some time due to a nagging hip injury. Star Jaylen Brown has been dealing with a hip flexor issue and is scheduled to have a second MRI for the matter.

He missed Boston's game on Saturday night against the Charlotte Hornets and is doing what he can to not miss more time. However, Boston may want to be careful with their star player, especially over a long NBA season.

If Brown is forced to miss any extended time, others on the roster will need to step up for Boston. Luckily for the Celtics, they have strong depth across their team for incidents like this.

One player who stepped up while Brown was out against the Hornets was Luke Kornet. He rose to the occasion, dropping 19 points with four rebounds, three assists, two blocks, and a steal.

Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla spoke about the impact of Kornet after the fact.

"Yeah, he's great," Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla said of Kornet after the 113-103 win. "He gets a lot of stuff that goes unnoticed. One of the things that they don't chart is block-outs so someone else gets the rebound. So he does a great job keeping his guy off the glass so someone else can get it"

Another member of the Celtics who stepped up was Payton Pritchard. He tallied 22 points to help Boston take down the Hornets. Kornet praised Pritchard for his performance

"Payton was great tonight," Kornet told NBC Sports Boston's Kayla Burton during his postgame interview. "We can always trust in him and his energy, especially in these little back-to-backs like that. When everyone just kind of has the same goal and same mission and we hold each other to that, we're a great team."

Boston is hoping that this injury to Brown isn't too serious but if it is, they feel confident in the rest of the team. They still have Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, and others who can heavily keep this team afloat in the Eastern Conference standings.

The Celtics have started the new year with a record of 6-1 and looks like they haven't skipped a beat from the offseason. This team is a close unit and they believe that they can repeat as champions once again this year.

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Matt Levine
MATT LEVINE

Matt earned a Master of Science degree in Sport Management from Louisiana State University in 2021. He was born and raised in the Los Angeles area, covering all Southern California sports in his career.

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