The Celtics were resting a tad easier by Sunday afternoon after an MRI taken of Danilo Gallinari’s sore left knee revealed a torn meniscus instead of ligament damage.
The new Celtics forward suffered the non-contact injury after landing awkwardly during a World Cup qualifying game between Italy and Georgia on Saturday. Gallinari had to be helped from the floor and into the locker room, and seemed as relieved as his new team when he tweeted on Sunday that the injury was a “meniscus lesion.”
Gallinari expressed disappointment at not being able to play in next month’s EuroBasket tournament, though from a Celtics perspective there’s now a question of Gallinari’s readiness for the start of training camp in late September.
