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Injuries, preview, TV info, lines
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Injuries, preview, TV info, lines

“Assuming he feels good (Tuesday), I don’t expect a big minutes restriction or anything like that for Boston,” Kerr said after Monday’s game.

Kerr himself will be in the spotlight, coming to Boston for the first time since the 2024 Olympics. Kerr coached Team USA to a gold medal, but did so without much help from Jayson Tatum, who averaged 17.1 minutes per game in France and did not appear in two games.

Kerr will also speak to the media for the first time after the candidate he supported, Democrat Kamala Harris, lost the election to Donald Trump.

Golden State’s aging core includes 34-year-old Draymond Green, who had his best game of the season against Washington on Monday, finishing with a season-high 18 points to go with eight rebounds and five assists.

Green is still a defensive monster in his 13th season, leading the Warriors to the second-best defensive rating in the league (102.1). Golden State ranks fourth in team blocks per game (6.4) and steals per game (9.7) as of Tuesday.

Jaylen Brown will be out with a hip flexor strain, an injury that has kept him out of Boston’s last two games (both wins).

The Warriors announced that second-year guard Brandin Podziemski will be ill. The Celtics drafted Maine’s Baylor Scheierman from the first round before the game.

Here’s your example.

When: Wednesday, 7:30 PM

Where: TD Garden, Boston

television, radio: ESPN, NBCSB, WBZ-FM 98.5

Line: Boston -7. O/U: 229.5.

WARRIORS

Season record: 6-1. vs. spreading: 6-1. Top/bottom: 4-3

Last 10 matches: 7-3. vs. spreading: 6-4. Top/bottom: 5-5

CEL SIGN

Season record: 7-1. vs. spreading: 5-3. Top/bottom: 3-4, 1 pressure

Last 10 matches: 8-2. vs. spreading: 6-4. Top/bottom: 3-6, 1 pressure

Statistic of the day: The Celtics lead the NBA in three-pointers with 152, and the Warriors rank third with 115.

Notes: Brown is averaging 25.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game this season. He has missed 14 games since the start of the 2023-24 season, and Boston won all 14 of them. … Tatum led Boston’s charge against the Hawks on Monday by scoring 28 points, 26 of which came in the first half. Tatum was the leading scorer in six of Boston’s eight games. “He found benefits because he created space,” Mazzulla said. “He has a few in transition. He drove. He had a good balance between shooting threes and driving in the first half, and then they started hitting, and then he just made plays. … “I know this is a finals match from a few years ago,” Tatum said before the match. “From that point of view, when we played against those guys, we had a lot of struggles over the years. So it will definitely be fun.”


Aiden Sprole can be reached at [email protected].