Jrue Holiday discusses what it’s been like playing through ‘mallet finger’ with his injured pinky following the Celtics’ win ...

“Mallet finger” is caused by damage to a tendon ... Holiday appears to be in the latter camp, as he’s been wearing a splint on his right pinky finger to keep it as straight as possible.

The Celtics starter has his right pinky ... of mallet finger injury but Holiday is taking it slow as he deals with the pain threshold. “Trying to figure out — I’m going to be in a splint ...

The Celtics operate as a well-oiled machine that is the sum of all its parts. When a key part is missing, their absence is evident. As the season enters its final stretch, Boston has worked to ...