Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis dealing with 'rare' leg injury, questionable for NBA Finals Game 3

Joy Taylor, LeSean McCoy, James Jones and Ric Bucher react to the report of Kristaps Porziņģis labeled day-to-day with a lower leg injury he sustained in Game 2.

Boston Celtics forward Kristaps Porzingis is questionable for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks, and it is not the calf injury that kept him out in games before this series. 

It is a new, "rare" injury that the team announced on Tuesday. 

"Kristaps Porzingis suffered a torn medial retinaculum allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon in his left leg at 3:27 of the third quarter of Game 2," the Celtics said in a statement. "The injury is unrelated to Porzingis’s prior right calf injury. After consultation with numerous specialists regarding the rare injury, his availability for upcoming games will be determined day-to-day."

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Kristaps Porzingis, #8 of the Boston Celtics, looks on after the game against the Dallas Mavericks during Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals on June 6, 2024 at the TD Garden in Boston. (David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images)

The dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon is extremely rare, as CBS Sports found there were only 32 documented cases in a 2006 study. 

Porzingis said he is "determined" to try to play through the injury, via ESPN, given that this is the final series of the year. However, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla, who watched Porzingis play a key role to help own a 2-0 lead in the series, will be listening to his medical team to hear their thoughts on whether the big man should be on the floor. 

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