Joe Mazzulla reveals the problem of breathing KristaS Porzingis
The Boston Celtics They were thawed at the end of the game 4 of their playoffs series against New York Kneaks. After the great lead slipped from Boston, Star Wing Jaison Tatum descended with a devastating torn achilla And it will come to the rest of this season and probably the next season.
Injury to Tatum is obviously weakening for the Boston’s title of hope and hope to go out of this series, but Joe Mace And the company worked at the game 5 at home on Wednesday night. Thanks to hot shots of night and an An amazing game from the port of Cornet (Yes, you read that right), the Celtics return back to New York after winning 127-102.
One player who was significantly absent from most games 5 Kristaps Porzingis. Latvian big man had a difficult series as he struggled the disease and physical knowledge defense and he played only 12 minutes on Wednesday night.
After the game, Mazzulla He discovered something a terrifying reason Why didn’t Porzingis don’t play all that, Via Daniel Donabedian of Eppoints.
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Joe Mazzulla said Kristaps Porzingis had trouble breathing during the game 5, but still wanted to be there:
“He couldn’t breathe.” pic.twitter.com/zcgp9kvpj1
– Daniel Donabedian (@ DANAND1214) 15. May 2025
“He couldn’t breathe,” Mazzulla said. “It was available if absolutely necessary. He had difficulty breathing and wanted to be out. If we were absolutely needed, he could go.”
Fortunately for Celtic, they did not end Porzingins because of the heroes of Cornet’s. Backup Big Man had one of his career matches in any game, much less competition for playoffs. When the dust settled, the cornet ended with 10 points on perfect 5-for 5 recording, nine jumps and seven blocked shots in the night.
However, if the Celtici will return everything back and steal this series from Knicks, it will probably need Porzingis to appear at some point. All their stakes are needed to reinforce with the tatum on the side and wednesday they received it from Cornet, Payton Pritchard and Derrick White. However, the game 6 or potential game 7 could be the time of Porzingis to reinforce and passes for his team.
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