The status of Jaylen Brown for this weekend is at least partially decided, when the club ruled out the All-Star forward for Friday’s game with knee issues. That means Brown will not reach the 65-game plateau to be eligible for NBA awards.

Brown is playing through pain as the Celtics wrap up the regular-season. The post Kristaps Porzingis urges Jaylen Brown to rest his injured knee appeared first on Boston.com.

The Celtics will get one final regular-season tune-up ahead of the playoffs as they face the Hornets at 7:30 p.m. Friday at TD Garden. However, that won’t include Jaylen Brown as he was listed as out on the Celtics injury report.