What is a medial retinaculum? Explaining Kristaps Porzingis' injury as Celtics hope to get big man back
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Boston Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis may be heading straight back to the sidelines. Late in the team's Game 2 win over the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals on Sunday, Porzingis suffered a "torn medial retinaculum, allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon" in his left leg and is considered "day-to-day" moving forward.
This new issue, which Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla called a "serious injury," is unrelated to the calf strain that kept Porzingis out for over a month …