After missing the last six games due to injury, head coach Doc Rivers confirmed today that Kevin Garnett will not return to game action for at least the next 10 days, possibly two weeks.
Garnett To Remain Out 10 To 14 Days
Rivers told ESPNBoston.com that the extended absence for K.G. is simply to get him back in game shape. Garnett returned to practicing with the team this afternoon.
SBNation’s Celtics Blog notes that if this timetable is indeed true, Garnett should return in time, with a few games under his belt, for key match-ups against the Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Lakers.
Let’s not forget what happened last season, as Garnett missed 22 of the team’s final 26 regular season games due to a knee injury. Few were privy to its severity, Garnett hung around in street-clothes through the playoffs and fans were subjected to Mikki Moore sprinting awkwardly from end-to-end. Nobody needs something like that again.
The league’s oldest team is 3-5 since a Christmas Day victory over Orlando, including last night’s gut-wrenching loss to Atlanta.
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