Big man Kristaps Porzingis has missed each of the Boston Celtics' last seven games due to an illness. In those games, the Celtics are 5-2. However, it is clear that they would much rather have the Latvian native healthy and available to play.

The Boston Celtics have had to play multiple games in a row without their starting center, but they might be close to getting him back.

Boston Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis was back at shootaround on Wednesday after recently dealing with an illness.