Celtics star Jaylen Brown to ‘miss the next 1-2 weeks’ with hamstring injury
The Boston Celtics have limped through the first few weeks of the 2021-22 season.
The Celtics have struggled to find consistency, which the team took another significant hit as first-year head coach Ime Udoka announced that star guard Jaylen Brown will miss one to two weeks due to a hamstring strain, according to ESPN.
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Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown will miss the next 1-2 weeks with a right hamstring strain, coach Ime Udoka announced Monday.
Brown is putting up a career-best campaign as he’s ranked eighth in the league with  25.6 points per contest while shooting 49.3% from the floor and 39.7% from beyond the arc.The All-Star guard has been a significant offensive factor as he and Jayson Tatum have formed a formidable duo. He has scored 25 or more points five times in eight games played, including three 30-point outings topped by a 46-point performance against the New York Knicks.
However, it hasn’t translated to consistent success for the Celtics, as they hold a 4-6 record through the first 10 games. Boston is currently four games out of the top spot, and 1.5 games behind the Toronto Raptors for the eighth seed.
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With Brown out, Tatum must take on more of the offensive workload. He’s averaging 23.6 points but has struggled to shoot effectively, hitting at a 39.5% clip from the floor and a career-worst 32.1% from 3-point range.
Tatum has tallied north of 20 points six times, while he’s coming off a double-double outing with 32 points and 11 rebounds in the loss to the Dallas Mavericks.
