Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart will miss the next two to three weeks of the NBA season with a right calf strain, the team announced Sunday.
A Sunday morning MRI exam showed Smart had suffered a mild muscle tear, allowing doctors to make a timetable for his recovery.
“Be back in no time,” Smart tweeted Sunday. “The squad got this.”
Smart suffered the injury Saturday in Boston’s 96-95 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
He was helped off the court with 10:28 remaining in the fourth quarter after a collision under the basket with Lakers forward Montrezl Harrell, who tipped in a basket but landed on Smart’s foot.
The 26-year-old American, in his seventh NBA campaign, is ave…
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