Is Jaylen Brown Playing vs. Heat? Celtics Reveal Final Injury Status

The Celtics are in danger of not having their best defender on the court.

Mar 29, 2025; San Antonio, Texas, USA; Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) shoots over San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan (10) in the second half at Frost Bank Center. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images | Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images

The Boston Celtics are trying to make sure that they are healthy when the playoffs roll around. They are locked into the second seed in the Eastern Conference, so health is all they are worried about.

Kristaps Porzingis has been healthy for the last couple of weeks, so that's good news. He is their most injury-prone player, as evidenced by the fact that he almost missed the entire playoffs last season.

Boston has to protect against their other key guys getting hurt. That includes Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Those are the two most important players on the team.

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The Celtics are taking on the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, and they have a few guys on the injury report. One of them is Jaylen Brown.

Brown has been dealing with a nagging knee injury. It's something that he has had to deal with for most of the season.

While Brown has been able to manage it so far, he is on the injury report ahead of this game against the Heat. He is listed as questionable due to right knee posterior impingement. He will play in this game.

Jaylen Brown (knee) available to play Wednesday.

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The Celtics will sit Brown for as many games down the stretch as needed so that his knee is good to go for the playoffs. They need him to be at his best because the East is much better than it was a year ago when Boston didn't have much trouble making the Finals.

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Boston feels that they are the best team in the NBA when they are fully healthy. There just haven't been many games this season that they have been fully healthy this year.

Brown has been playing some great basketball this season as he continues to try to earn more respect nationally. Unfortunately, he has missed five of the last ten games because of this knee issue.

So far this season, Brown is averaging 22.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game. He is shooting 46 percent from the field and 32 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.

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