Backup Boston Celtics forward Sam Hauser is not the only pro player in his family. His brother Joey also plays within the NBA ecosystem for the Atlanta Hawks developmental squad at the G League level,

Hauser will miss consecutive outings Wednesday with a right hip impingement after sitting out Monday's loss to the Rockets, and he'll aim to return to the Celtics' rotation Friday against the Pelicans.

New Orleans will try to stop its four-game losing streak when the New Orleans Pelicans play Boston. The teams play Friday for the first time this season.

Hauser would have been an option to start for the Celtics on Monday in Derrick White's (shin) absence, but he'll sit out with a right hip impingement and hope to return Wednesday against the Bulls. Payton Pritchard and Al Horford are in line to handle expanded roles in Boston's rotation against Houston.

Boston’s options for adding on that front are quite limited with the assumption they don’t want to touch anyone in the existing rotation. Jaden Springer’s $4 million salary caps what the team can send out for a player in a swap since the Celtics can’t aggregate salaries as a second apron.

Ahead of the primetime matchup, the Celtics and Rockets revealed their official injury reports for Monday night's game. Boston star Derrick White will miss the game due to a shin injury. He was added to the injury report on Sunday and will now miss his third game of the regular season.

The Celtics are facing a self-made obstacle, one they should be able to remove from their path just as quickly as they erected it.

The Rockets ruled out wing Cam Whitmore (illness) and have been without starting forward Jabari Smith Jr. since Smith fractured his hand earlier this month. Amen Thompson and Tari Eason, who both missed the first Celtics-Rockets game on Jan. 3, both were available for Houston.

Payton Pritchard and Al Horford are in line to handle expanded roles in Boston's rotation ... injury during the Celtics' 122-107 win over the Mavericks on Saturday. Sam Hauser and Al Horford ...

With the trade deadline quickly approaching, the Boston Celtics sit at 32-15 and second in the East. After what has been an inconsistent past couple of weeks for Boston, Brad Stevens could dial up the phone in hopes of acquiring some more talent and depth ahead of the February 6 deadline.

Kristaps Porzingis scored a season-high 34 points and collected 11 rebounds to help the Boston Celtics breeze to a 122-100 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night. Porzingis made 10 of his 18 field goal attempts,