O’Neal out for third straight playoff game
Posted April 20, 2011 5:55 pm.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WALTHAM, Mass. — Shaquille O’Neal will miss his third straight playoff game for the Boston Celtics with a right calf injury when they meet the New York Knicks on Friday night.
Coach Doc Rivers made the announcement Wednesday. He says he doesn’t know if O’Neal will travel to New York but, if he does, he’ll probably play in Sunday’s fourth game. The Celtics won the first two games in Boston with go-ahead baskets in the final minute.
The calf injury sidelined O’Neal for the last six regular-season games. He had missed 27 straight games with a sore right leg before hurting the calf in his first game back. Rivers says O’Neal has made progress recently.
He says he anticipates that O’Neal will play at some point in the post-season.
