As the Knicks made yet another soul-crushing run in the fourth quarter Wednesday, all Kristaps Porzingis could do was watch.

Porzingis was able to play in all 11 of the Celtics’ playoff games, but his minutes were severely restricted, and he looked like a shell of his usual highly impactful self when he was on the court. He averaged just 15.5 minutes per game in the second-round series against the Knicks, coming off the bench in four of the six contests.

"The Celtics have a clean injury list outside of Jayson Tatum," Weiss wrote. "No more designation for Sam Hauser, who returned from his ankle sprain, and none for Kristaps Porziņģis, who was benched for the second half last night due to his illness, but was available in an emergency."