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Kyrie Irving will reportedly miss the playoffs after undergoing knee surgery in brutal blow to the Celtics

The Celtics' playoff hopes took a big blow with Kyrie Irving, their leading scorer, missing the rest of the season.

  • Kyrie Irving will reportedly miss the rest of the season, including the playoffs, after undergoing knee surgery.
  • Irving has been out since mid-March, dealing with knee pain, and underwent surgery in late March to repair it.
  • The news is a blow to the Celtics playoff hopes as they'll be without their leading scorer.
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Kyrie Irving will miss the rest of the season, including the playoffs, after undergoing knee surgery, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

The report is a brutal blow to the Boston Celtics' postseason hopes. Irving is the leading scorer on a team who lost All-Star forward Gordon Hayward for the year in the opening quarter of the season.

Irving has been out since since mid-March, initially sitting to deal with knee pain. On March 24, the Celtics announced he would undergo a "

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