With three minutes and twenty-seven seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter of Sunday night's NBA Finals game, Kristaps Porzingis bumped knees with PJ Washington and possibly reset the course of Boston's championship run. Porzingis would remain in the game for a few more possessions, appearing hobbled, before being subbed out for good. The Celtics went on to win 105-98. On Tuesday, the Celtics team announced Porzingis was day-to-day with a torn medial retinaculum. And if you're wondering what the hell that means and how much you should panic, let me break it down. It means our freak Latvian suffered a freak injury, and yes, we should absolutely panic, and a lot.

While Porzingis remained certain after the game on Sunday night that he would be out there unless he is dead, the Celtics' medical staff will be the ones to make the decision per Mazzula, "We've taken the decision to play out of his hands. ... He's going to do everything he can to play. We're going to leave it up to our medical team. That's really it." The problem with the injury is not its severity or even a pain threshold issue, as Porzingis was seen in a brace walking without a limp yesterday. The issue with a torn medial retinaculum is the severe risk it poses to allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon, which would be an extremely severe injury as it would completely compromise the integrity of the foot and ankle.

If the medical terminology lost you a bit there, I'll try to sum it up here. Shit. Porzingis has had a lot of injuries on his left leg, including an ACL, Achilles, calf problems, and sprained ankles. So, of course, he would be only the 13th person in the world to have this happen to him, in the finals, after returning for only two games. It stinks. I hope the medical team clears him, but I also have to acknowledge Porzingis' past and the fear that has consumed us all season about him being injury-prone. These things just happen to him. What's a unicorn without a unicorn ass injury?

The Celtics remain two games up in the series as they head to Dallas tonight. If KP cannot give it a go, we will hope that Al can turn back time and give a strong extended performance. I would like to see the Celtics would maybe try Tatum at the five and play small ball. It would open up the paint for Dallas to run their lob game, but it would also still provide the spacing on offense to turn this game into a shootout.

Jaylen Brown said it best, "...we've been priding ourselves on a next-man-up mentality. We prepare for these moments to be able to play with or without anyone. It just requires somebody else on our team to step up, and everybody to buy in to get a full team victory." Let's Go Celts!