Already trailing 1-0 in their best-of-seven opening-round series with the Atlanta Hawks, the Boston Celtics now have a larger hill to climb without the services of one of their top scorers and wing defenders.
Head coach Brad Stevens said Sunday that guard Avery Bradley is unlikely to play the remainder of the series due to a right hamstring injury.
According to #Celtics, Avery Bradley did not have an MRI, team determined significance of strain from examination.
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) April 17, 2016
The injury occurred during the fourth quarter of Atlanta's 102-101 victory Saturday at Philips Arena, with Bradley needing help to the locker room after pulling up lame running the floor.
Bradley was leading Boston in scoring prior to exiting the contest, finishing with 18 points on 7-of-16 shooting, along with three rebounds, one assist, and one steal in 33 minutes.
He ended the 2015-16 campaign as the Celtics' second-leading scorer with a career high 15.2 points on 44.7 percent shooting. The team was 8.6 points better on offense per 100 possessions when he was on the floor.
Game 2 of the series goes Tuesday.
