Backup Boston Celtics forward Sam Hauser is not the only pro player in his family. His brother Joey also plays within the NBA ecosystem for the Atlanta Hawks developmental squad at the G League level,

The Celtics could be extremely shorthanded for the second straight game on Wednesday night as they host the Chicago Bulls at TD Garden. Boston’s injury report released Tuesday has three rotation players listed including a new addition in Jayson Tatum.

Hauser would have been an option to start for the Celtics on Monday in Derrick White's (shin) absence, but he'll sit out with a right hip impingement and hope to return Wednesday against the Bulls. Payton Pritchard and Al Horford are in line to handle expanded roles in Boston's rotation against Houston.

While the Celtics are still adamant that everything will be fine, this is now more than a blip. They've been playing .500 ball for over a month, and have often looked out of sync

Ahead of the primetime matchup, the Celtics and Rockets revealed their official injury reports for Monday night's game. Boston star Derrick White will miss the game due to a shin injury. He was added to the injury report on Sunday and will now miss his third game of the regular season.

The Rockets ruled out wing Cam Whitmore (illness) and have been without starting forward Jabari Smith Jr. since Smith fractured his hand earlier this month. Amen Thompson and Tari Eason, who both missed the first Celtics-Rockets game on Jan. 3, both were available for Houston.

The shorthanded Celtics put up a good fight in a 114-112 loss to the Rockets on Monday night but last minute defensive blunders ultimately cost Boston the win. Plenty of attention will be paid to the miscues that Joe Mazzulla took responsibility for in the final ten seconds of the setback but there was much more to Monday’s defeat than those crunch time issues.

Hauser will start in Wednesday's game against the Clippers, Law Murray of The Athletic reports.

The Celtics played without Derrick White, Sam Hauser and Al Horford, giving an opportunity for players deeper on Boston’s bench to shore up the rotation. Despite plenty of mixing and matching by Mazzulla against an elite opponent, the results were largely underwhelming.

Amen Thompson had the clutch go-ahead bucket and Dillon Brooks made a franchise record-tying 10 3-pointers in the Rockets' win over the Celtics on Monday.

Amen Thompson hit a game-winning floater with 0.7 seconds left and finished with 33 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a 114-112 victory over the Boston Celtics on Monday night.