Celtics.com
ORLANDO – Demetrius Jackson was driving Tuesday morning up to Portland, Maine to practice with the Maine Red Claws when he received a call from the Boston Celtics’ front office.
The C’s 2016 second-round draft pick was informed that Boston’s star point guard, Isaiah Thomas, had injured his groin the night before in Houston, and that the team needed his aid down in Orlando as it prepared to take on the Magic Wednesday night.
The sudden change of plans threw Jackson for a loop, as he had to catch an evening flight down to Orlando, while Thomas flew in the other direction back to Boston.