Celtics injury report: 2 starters demoted for Pistons game on Wednesday

BOSTON – The Celtics will be without two starters for their matchup against the Pistons at TD Garden on Wednesday night. Jayson Tatum (right patellar tendinopathy) and Jrue Holiday (left knee tendinopathy) were both downgraded from questionable to out two hours before tipoff for Boston. It will be the first game Tatum has missed all season and it will be the second straight game Holiday has missed.

Joe Mazzulla said before Wednesday’s game that Tatum’s knee injury was nothing to worry about and he would likely only miss one game due to the injury.

The Celtics will have plenty of reinforcements back for Wednesday’s game, which will help make up for the absences of Tatum and Holiday. Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford were taken off the injury report after sitting out Monday’s win. Sam Hauser is also back in the team after missing Monday’s game for personal reasons.

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Boston is in the midst of its busiest stretch of the year, playing five games in seven nights. So it makes sense that Holiday and Tatum can get a little more rest against a subpar Detroit opponent. The Pistons will also play a back-to-back game against the Bucks on Tuesday night in Detroit and will be without forward Ausar Thompson.

Boston has a 1-0 record against the Pistons this season and will now face them twice next week after adding a Pistons home game next Thursday following the Celtics’ NBA Cup exit.

The Celtics face the Pistons on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.