The Boston Celtics are facing an uphill battle as they prepare for Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks. Kristaps Porzingis, the 28-year-old Latvian center, is still out due to a "strange" injury that has sidelined him for the crucial third and fourth rounds of the series.

Kristaps Porzingis' Health Update

The franchise's staff describe the injury as an unusual tear of the medial retinaculum in his left leg, a condition rarely seen in high-level competition. Porzingis, who hails from the youth academy of C.B. Sevilla (now Betis), has expressed some improvement, telling those around the TD Garden,