The Boston Celtics need a healthy Kristaps Porzingis. Unfortunately, he did not start the second half of their game against the Wizards because of right heel pain. Luke Kornet started in place of Porzingis. Kristaps Porzingis did not start the second half for Boston. Luke Kornet started in his place. Al Horford is out for a rest night.

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As the Boston Celtics duke it out with the Philadelphia 76ers in a back-and-forth battle on Christmas Day, disaster struck when star center Kristaps Porzingis suffered an apparent ankle injury in the second quarter and left the court.

Jayson Tatum scored 32 with 15 rebounds for Boston, which lost its second game in a row. Porzingis, who has missed all but nine games this season with injuries, did not return for the second half due to an injury.

As Joel Embiid writhed in pain on the ground, a cohort of Sixers staffers stared in disbelief. The game hadn’t even started yet. It was just warmups. But somehow, Embiid managed to stumble on a security guard’s foot and twist his ankle less than an hour before the 76ers’ Christmas Day game against the Celtics.

Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis injured his ankle during a 118-114 loss against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.

Here's the latest update on Kristaps Porzingis' ankle injury after the Celtics' Christmas Day loss to the 76ers.

Though he was able to keep playing through the pain early, he did not return after halftime, leaving the Celtics to start Luke Kornet in the third quarter. Porziņģis did not appear to have much of a limp while leaving the Boston locker room after the game.