In Friday’s Sport 6, Porzingis got here off the bench and logged simply 11 minutes, scoring 4 factors together with 5 rebounds and a block shot. He missed eight video games in March attributable to a viral sickness. Final week, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported that Porzingis was nonetheless coping with unintended effects from that very same sickness, which has trigger power zaps and his stamina having ebbs and flows over the previous couple months. After Celtics’ season got here to a detailed, Porzingis opened up about what he’s going by way of. “I always try to downplay it in my own mind,” he said to reporters postgame. “It’s like, ‘I’m good, I’m good.’ But I think just, I don’t know, my system is not perfect right now. It’s not working the best way it must be. Many bizarre issues and it is perhaps that one of the best factor I want proper now’s simply relaxation. Get someplace within the solar and let my system sort of even itself out. But it surely’s positively a really irritating time for me.” -via Sports Illustrated / Might 17, 2025
