Jazz eyeing Robert Covington as trade target
Source: Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Jamie Hudson @JamieHudson_Blazers Injury Report:
Covington (left fifth finger dislocation), Smith Jr. (right ankle; sprain) and Little (right knee) are probable. Lillard (core muscle recovery), Nance Jr. (right knee inflammation) & Zeller (right patellar fracture) are out for Tues.’s game vs. Minnesota – 6:00 PM Jay Allen @PDXjay
Robert Covington (left 5th finger dislocation), Dennis Smith Jr. (right ankle sprain) & Nassir Little (right knee acute patellar tendinopathy/contusion) are probable; Larry Nance Jr. (right knee inflammation) & Cody Zeller (right patellar fracture) are out for Tues. gm. vs. Minn. – 5:49 PM Casey Holdahl @CHold
Robert Covington (left fifth finger), Dennis Smith Jr. (right ankle) and Nassir Little (right knee) are probable; Damian Lillard (core muscle recovery), Larry Nance Jr. (right knee inflammation) and Cody Zeller (right patellar fracture) are out for Tuesday’s game vs. Minnesota. – 5:46 PM Jay Allen @PDXjay
Robert Covington (left fifth finger dislocation) will return to tonight’s game in Toronto. – 7:19 PM Robert Covington @Holla_At_Rob33
Both football games ended the same way today!! Wow. Exciting games – 11:10 PM Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
Huge gaffe by Jaylen Brown there on Covington 3, just abandoning him – 9:57 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
No idea why Brown would leave Covington alone in the strongside corner like that. – 9:56 PM Gary Washburn @GwashburnGlobe
Robert Covington scores his first points of the game with a corner 3 with 31.3 left. Wow. POR 103, BOS 102. 28.0 left. #Celtics ball. Covington was 0-for-2 in 37 minutes before that shot. – 9:56 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Now Robert Covington makes his first shot of the game with 31.3 seconds to go to put Portland back in front. Yet another close game in the final moments for the Celtics, a situation they’ve struggled in more often than not this season. – 9:56 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Celtics starters tonight:
Robert Williams
Al Horford
Jayson Tatum
Jaylen Brown
Dennis Schroder
Trail Blazers starters:
Jusuf Nurkic
Robert Covington
Nassir Little
Anfernee Simons
C.J. McCollum – 7:23 PM Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Blazers at Celtics – TD Garden – January 21, 2022 – Starters
Boston – Schroder, Brown, Tatum, Horford, R Williams
Portland – CJ McCollum, Anfernee Simons, Nassir Little, Robert Covington, Jusef Nurkic
OUT: Boston: Smart, Nesmith Portland: Lillard, Powell, Nance Jr, Zeller pic.twitter.com/GmeBe4FYWV – 7:02 PM