NBA News: Celtics' Starting Lineup Against Cavs

The Boston Celtics play the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday evening.

On Monday, the Celtics announced that Jaylen Brown would be out for the remainder of the NBA season due to wrist surgery.

#NEBHInjuryReport This past weekend Celtics forward Jaylen Brown was diagnosed with a torn scapholunate ligament in his left wrist. Brown is expected to have the torn ligament surgically repaired later this week, and will be out for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) May 10, 2021

In addition, the Celtics lost twice to the Miami Heat (Sunday and Tuesday), which now has them three games behind the Heat. Before those two games, they were just one game behind the Heat, who are now tied with the New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks for the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference.

The Celtics will still make the playoffs, but they have not had a good week.

On Wednesday, they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers, and their starting lineup can be seen in a post from FantasyLabs NBA below.

Lineup note: Celtics will start Waters, Nesmith, Fournier, Tatum, Thompson on Wednesday.

— FantasyLabs NBA (@FantasyLabsNBA) May 12, 2021

The Celtics are 5.5-point favorites over the Cavs, according to FanDuel.

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