The Celtics lost Kyrie Irving to a knee injury on Saturday night in the midst of a 28-point blown lead to the Clippers. However, it does not appear the All-Star will be sidelined for long after the team announced Irving had been diagnosed with a sprained right knee late Sunday after undergoing an MRI earlier in the day. He is day-to-day heading into the team's matchup against the Sixers on Tuesday night.
Irving suffered the injury midway through the second quarter on Saturday night after colliding with Clippers center Ivica Zubac will attempting to get around a screen. Irving played through the injury for about a minute before heading to the locker room with trainers. He was ruled out for the game shortly afterwards.
Kyrie didn’t return after this play.
Celtics rule Irving out rest of the game with right knee sprain. pic.twitter.com/GN90YaqSNj
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