Kristaps Porzingis | Photo: screenshot
National Basketball Association (NBA) Boston Celtics player Kristaps Porzingis revealed information about his injury in a conversation with North American journalists.
It has already been announced that “Celtics” beat Miami “Heat” by 102:88 in the fourth match of the first round of the Eastern Conference “play-off” on Tuesday night, reaching 3-1 in the series up to four victories. Porzingis settled into the injury, including a non-contact situation, late in the first half, as a result of which he did not finish the game.
Immediately after the match, it became known that the Latvian had avoided the worst scenario – namely, an injury to the Achilles tendon, but now, after the tests, it has become clear that the Latvian injured the soleus muscle, which is one of the parts of the calf muscle.
“After the tests, you could clearly see what happened and we are currently treating it accordingly,” revealed Porziņgis. “It’s getting better every day. Of course it’s not nice not being able to play with my guys, but I’m in a good mood right now. I’m doing my best to be back as soon as possible.”
Porzingis was asked how serious the injury was. “Obviously, it’s definitely going to take some time. I am trying to do everything to speed up my rehabilitation because I want to be back on the field as soon as possible. At the same time, I understand that the worst thing that could happen is to aggravate the injury again. You have to ask the doctors for more specific details, because I just stick to the given plan.”
“I’m not ready to participate in basketball training yet, but I expect to be able to start doing everything again very soon,” said Porzingis. “I had a similar injury at the beginning of the season, it was against the Orlando Magic and I missed about a week or a little more, but we took our time and were careful. We are currently at a stage of the season where the game is much more aggressive. We will evaluate the situation every week and see what the progress is.”
Also, the basketball player compared the injury at the beginning of the season with this one. “This is a worse case. I don’t want to use that word, but it’s definitely a little worse, which will make the treatment a little longer. One attack before that I turned my ankle, maybe I compensated something more with the other leg after that, maybe it just happened, I don’t know. Then I felt pain and you saw my reaction. I can say that it is not as bad as I thought at first. As it is, of course, nobody wants injuries, but at least it’s not as bad as it could have been. At the moment, there is no specific date when I can return, but it will be more clear when I start doing more things. I’m definitely not very close to going back now.”
