The Celtics announced Sunday that Avery Bradley did not accompany his teammates to Brooklyn for Monday night’s meeting with the Nets. The shooting guard suffered a bruised left hip during Saturday’s 100-97 loss to the same opponent.
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Marcus Smart’s game isn’t quite back to where it was prior to the left knee injury that kept him out for 18 games. Still, it’s pretty clear that the second-year guard is very close to resuming his usual workload in terms of minutes played.