Boston Celtics big man Nikola Vucevic is continuing to recover from a fractured right ring finger. He remains optimistic about returning before the playoffs, according to Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe.
While he’s sidelined, he’s still able to stay active on the court to maintain conditioning.
“The good thing is I can still do some stuff on the court,” Vucevic said.
“That will help me for when I come back [to be in] shape, and hopefully I get a couple games before the playoffs, get back in rhythm with the guys that week between regular season and playoffs, everything going as smoothly as possible.”
Vucevic suffered the injury on March 6 and is expected to be out for at least a month, but he said the recovery process has been going smoothly so far.
“So far I haven’t had much pain or anything; everything has been going well,” he said.
“The swelling is coming down and been working the range of motion. So hopefully the X-ray is clean at three weeks and I can start doing some stuff and just getting back to being comfortable and building strength in the hand.”
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