Boston Celtics guard Avery Bradley is unlikely to play the rest of the first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks after suffering a right hamstring strain in Game 1.
Celtics head coach Brad Stevens said Sunday that Bradley underwent an MRI exam after being injured in the fourth quarter of Saturday night’s 102-101 loss in Atlanta.
“As of right now I would say he’s out Tuesday night (for Game 2), but obviously he’ll continue to get treatment around the clock and go from there,” Steven told reporters Sunday. “So I would say very unlikely the rest of the series.”
Stevens said Saturday that Bradley “heard a pop” after landing awkwardly while defending a layup attempt by Hawks guard Jeff Teague with seven minutes remaining.
Bradley scored 18 points before going down with the hamstring injury. He said he “felt weird” after landing and collapsed to the floor clutching his hamstring while trying to run back up the court. Bradley had to be helped off the floor and taken to the locker room.
“We’ve obviously had games without him before,” Stevens said. “We have to have other guys step up.
“I think the biggest challenge is that we’re playing small anyways and so you might have to go even deeper into that, which is OK. We’ll have to decide if we’re going to go with some of those young guys and go deep and play four smalls again or if we’re going to play more traditional again and go back to playing that way.”