UPDATE: Marcus Smart's Injury Status For Celtics-Hawks Game 4
UPDATE: Marcus Smart is available.
On Sunday evening, the Boston Celtics will be in Georgia to face off with the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena for Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.
For the game, they could be without one of their best players, as Marcus Smart is on the injury report listed as questionable.
Underdog NBA: "Status alert: Marcus Smart (back) officially questionable for Sunday."
The former Oklahoma State star had another productive regular season with averages of 11.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.5 steals per contest.
He has spent his entire career with the Celtics and was the Defensive Player of The Year in 2022.
According to Bobby Manning of Celtics on CLNS and CelticsBlog, Smart went through shootaround on Sunday morning.
The Celtics had a 2-0 lead in the series after two commanding wins on their home floor in Boston.
However, the Hawks responded with a 130-122 victory on Friday night at State Farm Arena (Smart had 24 points, three rebounds, eight assists and three steals in 33 minutes of playing time).
Game 4 is pivotal as the Hawks can tie the series up at 2-2, or the Celtics can take a 3-1 lead back to Boston for Game 5.
Last year, the Celtics made the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010, while the Hawks lost to the Miami Heat in the first round.
Whoever wins the series will advance to the second round and face off with the Philadelphia 76ers (who swept the Brooklyn Nets in the first round).
