The impact of Kristaps Porzingis' most recent injury on the C's, NBA Finals

Boston is two wins away from clinching its first NBA title since 2008, a journey that gets a lot tougher with Kristaps Porzingis' unlikely availability for the remainder of the NBA Finals.

Kristaps Porzingis’ injury against Miami sidelined him for 10 straight games. How long will his current left knee injury keep him off the floor? (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

DALLAS — The job of winning an NBA title for the Boston Celtics appears as though it’ll end similarly to how it has played out for most of this postseason run - without a healthy Kristaps Porzingis.

The Celtics released a statement Thursday afternoon confirming the worst: Porzingis suffered yet another knee injury that’ll keep him out indefinitely.

Porzingis’ most recent injury, which occurred at the 3:27 mark of the third quarter in Boston’s Game 2 NBA Finals victory over Dallas, was described as a “torn medial retinaculum allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon” in his left leg.

Here’s what Porzingis had to say about the injury.