WALTHAM -- Celtics forward Brian Scalabrine was taken to New England Baptist Hospital after suffering a concussion at practice today, and coach Doc Rivers said he expects the forward to be out for an extended period of time.
Scalabrine originally suffered a concussion against Dallas last Sunday and received another when he bumped into teammate Patrick O'Bryant while trying to get a rebound at practice today.
Scalabrine is averaging 3.1 points and 1.3 rebounds this season.
"He got hit in the head and just had a mild concussion," Rivers said. "I don't know if he is out, but it's close. He'll be out probably for quite some time."
Rivers said he could activate guard Tony Allen tomorrow night against Sacramento after he missed the past 11 games with a sprained right ankle. Allen practiced today. Rivers said he has been cautious with Allen’s return to ensure he is completely healed.
“Tony looked good actually,” Rivers said. “He ran well, moved well. You could tell he was in terrible shape and that was what he was concerned by. He said, ‘My, after three minutes I was dying.’ We said, ‘We’ll play you three minutes.’ With Scal out, Tony may have to play [more] tomorrow.”
Looks like the Celtic's 6th man is going to be sidelined for a while. I love Scal and this really hurts me. I love watching his pasty white flesh hustle around the court. If you want to see someone with not much talent but a lot of effort this is the dude, just the other day he started the game, played crazy good defense, had a dunk, and did the Paul Pierce fake shot draw body contact then put the shot up and get to the line (although he airballed the shot when Pierce would have made it). He was killing it and now big dummy Patrick O'Toole had to flail his arms during a rebound and knock Scal out. Damn you Patrick! Get better Scal-Bags you will be missed.
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