The Boston Celtics Tok are a 2-0 dominant advantage in their first round series with the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, but not without collecting some potholes and bruises, in the case of Kristaps porzingis, gashes.
Porzingis went to the locker room with a wound on his forehead, but returned to shoot a couple of free throws after taking an elbow of the magic of magic in the third quarter of game 2 of the first round of Boston. Playoffs confrontation.
Porzingis and Bitadze went up for a rebound and Bitadze caught Porzingis on the head on the road to the ground with 55 seconds stirring in the room. A video review of the officials determined that Bitadze had finished and pushed his elbow in Porzingis, and a flagrant fault was evaluated.
Duration The review, Porzingis left the locker room to a strong ovation, with three stripes of blood on the back of his head and a bandage in the center of his forehead. He resent the game and connected to one of the two free throws before leaving again.
The Celtics led 81-71 that intertwine the fourth quarter. Porzingis returned to the bank area in the middle of the period, with dry blood cleaned from his head, and returned to subway with the game with 7:15.
Associated Press reports.
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