Is Jaylen Brown Playing Tonight vs Hornets? Celtics Star’s Injury Report Proves Slightly Encouraging For Fans

Tonoy Sengupta | 14/01/2023
Is Jaylen Brown Playing Tonight vs Hornets? Celtics Star's Injury Report Proves Slightly Encouraging For Fans

The Boston Celtics are clearly feeling good right now. Out of their 10 games, the franchise has won 8 and is currently on a 5-game winning streak. And as if that weren’t good enough, despite being in an overpowering East, they currently stand as the 1st seed.

A lot of that is due to Jaylen Brown. While there have been a few bad moments from time to time, the man always comes up big when the team needs him to perform. In a way, it almost seems like he has continued his stellar form from the 2022 NBA Finals.

However, the man recently suffered a right adductor sprain, forcing him to miss the big game against the Nets.

Boston fans have been hoping that the injury wasn’t anything too serious, and the man can return tonight to play against the Hornets.

But has the man recovered enough to make that happen?

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What is Jaylen Brown’s health status?

Jaylen Brown has been unfortunate for straining his right adductor. But, as fans were hoping, the injury wasn’t anything too serious, so the man should be back before long.

Unfortunately, however, Brown won’t be able to make it back to the court in time for the game tonight. In fact, as per reports, the man is likely to be out for 1-2 weeks.

However, if there is any game, you’d have the star missing it is LaMelo Ball and the Hornets.

The franchise has been abysmal this season. And while Ball has kept his own performances up, he just can’t help a team that just won’t help itself.

Simply put, this is not a game that the Boston Celtics need Jaylen Brown.

 

What is Jaylen Brown averaging this season?

After 40 games played, Jaylen Brown is averaging 27.2 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.1 steals per game.

The man is shooting 49.8% from the field, 32.9% from deep, and 79.5% from the free-throw line.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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