Already down 2-0 in the East finals vs. the Cavaliers, the Celtics now will be without All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas, who has been ruled out for the rest of playoffs after aggravating a hip injury.
Boston Celtics All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas will miss the remainder of the postseason after aggravating a right hip injury during Friday’s Game 2 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Celtics announced Saturday that Thomas suffered a “re-aggravation of a right femoral-acetabular impingement with labral tear” during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Thomas initially injured the hip March 15 against Minnesota and missed the next two games. He aggravated the injury in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Washington Wizards last week.
He sat out the second half of Game 2 vs. Cleveland due to what the team called a hip strain. He missed all six of his field goal attempts and scored just two points in 18 minutes of a 130-86 blowout loss.
“Isaiah has worked tirelessly to manage this injury since it first occurred, ” Celtics team physician Dr. Brian McKeon said in a statement. “The swelling increased during the first two games against Cleveland, and in order to avoid more significant long-term damage to his hip, we could no longer allow him to continue.
