Suns And Celtics Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups
On Friday evening, the Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics are facing off in Massachusetts.
For the game, the two teams have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.
The Suns have ruled out Devin Booker, Jae Crowder, Cameron Johnson, Cameron Payne and Landry Shamet.
Josh Okogie has been upgraded to available.
As for the Celtics, they have ruled out JD Davison, Danilo Gallinari, Marcus Smart and Mfiondu Kabengele.
NBA's official injury report
The starting lineups for both teams have been relayed by Underdog NBA.
Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Suns will start Paul, Bridges, Craig, Saric, Ayton on Friday."
Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Celtics will start White, Brown, Tatum, Horford, Robert Williams on Friday."
The Suns are currently tied with the Utah Jazz for the seventh seed in the Western Conference with a 27-26 record in 53 games.
They are 6-4 in their last ten games and 8-17 in the 25 games they have played on the road away form Phoenix, Arizona.
As for the Celtics, they are the first seed in the Eastern Conference (and the best team in the NBA) with a 37-15 record in 52 games.
They are in the middle of a two-game winning streak and are 7-3 in their last ten games.
At home, the Celtics have gone 20-6 in the 26 games they have hosted in Boston, Massachusetts.
Last season, the Celtics made the NBA Finals, while the Suns had the best record in the league during the regular season (they lost in the second round of the NBA Playoffs).
