Kevin McHale offers his thoughts on the current state of the Celtics, including how star players need to make their teammates better.
Still without Jaylen Brown, the Boston Celtics will be down another man Friday night against the Phoenix Suns.
Reserve guard/forward Josh Richardson has entered COVID-19 health and safety protocols, the Celtics announced, leaving them further shorthanded against the team with the second-best record in the NBA.
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Richardson, in his first season with the Celtics, is averaging 9.7 points per game in 20 appearances off the bench.
Phoenix recently had its franchise-record 18-game win streak snapped by the Golden State Warriors -- the only team in the NBA with a better record (21-4) than their own (20-4) -- but are hosting a Boston team that's dropped three of four on its western road trip so far, including back-to-back contests against the Los Angeles teams.
Tip-off against the Suns is at 10 p.m. ET.