Kristaps Porzingis injury: Celtics huge leaves Game 2 after flagrant

BOSTON– Kristaps Porzingis headed to the locker space on Wednesday night after soaking up a violent elbow on the forehead from Orlando huge male Goga Bitadze in Game 2 of the Celtics-Magic preliminary series.

Porzingis and Bitadze were defending a loose ball with 55 seconds remaining in the third quarter when Bitadze injury up and gotten in touch with Porzingis’ forehead on a follow through while trying to tap out a loose ball. The contact immediately opened up a large cut on Porzingis’ forehead and he headed back to the locker room practically right away. Upon a main review, Bitadze was required a flagrant 1 foul.

Porzingis emerged back from the tunnel to the delight of the TD Garden crowd minutes later to take his 2 free tosses before being subbed out and heading back to the locker space. He had a big bandage on his forehead at the spot of the cut and still had actually great deals of dried blood on his face. It will the second time this month that Porzingis has required stitches. He got cut open on April 4 in a win over the Suns at TD Garden that sidelined him for much of the 2nd half of that win.

Porzingis and Bitadze do have a bit of a history this season with an altercation in between the duo resulting in a Bitadze ejection back on December 23rd in a Celtics loss in Orlando. Bitadze grabbed Porzingis’ throat during a standoff and was thrown out of that game after a video review.Porzingis scored 20 points and included eight rebounds in his 27 minutes in Game 2 before suffering the injury. He likewise had a game-high 14 free throw attempts. He went back to the game with seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter with a large bandage on his forehand. WAGERING: The Celtics are -150 to win the East

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