Three key players are ruled out for the second night of back-to-back vs

The Boston Celtics will play their second game on the second night in a row; However, they will be without three key members.

The Celtics will be without center Al Horford, center Kristaps Porziņģis and guard Jaden Springer.

The Celtics reported via Twitter/X.

The Celtics lost their game against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night and will look to bounce back on Wednesday without Horford in the lineup.

Although Horford is listed as having a sprained left big toe, it has more to do with him getting some rest. This move was expected when he was declared available for last night’s game against the Hawks.

With Horford out, it is likely that Neemias Queta will take on the majority of minutes at center, with Luke Kornet also stepping up.

On Tuesday against the Hawks, he scored eight points on 3-for-5 shooting from the field, four rebounds, two assists and one turnover in 26 minutes of play.

The Celtics suffered their third loss of the season and now have a record of 9-3, good for second place in the Eastern Conference.

Springer will miss his third consecutive contest on Wednesday after being downgraded from questionable to out due to left knee tendinopathy. Saturday’s game against the Toronto Raptors is his next chance to qualify.

Their star center, Kristaps Porziņģis, is still out and will be until at least next month as he rehabs from surgery on his left posterior tibialis tendon.

The good news in the injury report is that it doesn’t mention their star forward Jayson Tatum. Tatum was on the injury report for Tuesday’s game, but fortunately he played.

He was on the injury report for an ankle injury suffered in Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Tatum is off the list and will be ready for Wednesday’s back-to-back game.

In Tuesday’s loss, he scored 20 points on 5-for-16 shooting from the field, six rebounds, eight assists, one steal and two blocks in 37 minutes of play.

Tatum was everything for the Celtics through the first twelve games. He leads the team with 29.7 points, rebounds with 7.5, assists with 5.2 and steals with 1.6.

The Celtics will be looking to reach double digits with 10 wins by Wednesday night, and they have a good chance to do that.

They will make the short trip to Brooklyn and are -8.5 favorites in this game.

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