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Boston Celtics star Kristaps Porzingis has "ramped it up" in workouts but coach Joe Mazzulla said Wednesday he's "not sure" if the 7-foot-2 forward will be ready for the NBA Finals opener.Game 1 of the NBA Finals will be June 6 in Boston against either the Dallas Mavericks or Minnesota Timberwolves.Porzingis has not played since straining his soleus muscle in Game 4 of a first-round series against the Miami Heat on April 29."I'm not sure.
"There's been a couple shootarounds where he hasn't done anything with the team but has been in a 1-on-1 setting kind of ramping it up with the intensity level of it. He's been getting better and better."The Celtics are on a seven-game winning streak and have gone 9-1 overall since Porzingis was injured.For his part, Porzingis sounded upbeat in a post to X, writing "see you in the finals," according to a translation from Latvian to English.
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