Celtics' Irving out of game against Pistons

Source: Xinhua| 2019-02-14 03:10:02|Editor: yan
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Boston Celtics will be without All-Star guard Kyrie Irving in Wednesday's game against the Detroit Pistons, the team announced.

Irving missed the Celtics' last game, an 112-109 road win against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday, with a right knee strain. Irving suffered the injury in the second quarter of Saturday's loss to the LA Clippers and has not played since then.

Irving is slated to play on Team LeBron in the 2019 NBA All-Star Game, but his status for that game remains unknown.

According to NBA rules, when an All-Star is unable to participate, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver shall choose a replacement from the same conference as the player who is being replaced.

Irving is averaging 23.8 points for Boston, which are No. 4 in the Eastern Conference.

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