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Print | Comments () Posted by Gary Washburn Globe Staff April 18, 2012 07:53 PM

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By Gary Washburn, Globe Staff

The Celtics will be hard-pressed to pull out this one Wednesday night without three rotation players. Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, and Mickael Pietrus are all out tonight as coach Doc Rivers prepares his team for the postseason. Rondo has a sore back, Allen has a sore right ankle, and Pietrus and sore right knee.

As for the Magic, they are missing Dwight Howard (herniated disc in his lower back) and Hedo Turkoglu (facial fracture), so it will be an interesting game with some lesser-known players. Glen Davis makes his second return to TD Garden since being traded to the Magic in December.

STARTING LINEUPS

BOSTON CELTICS (36-26)

PG Avery Bradley
SG Sasha Pavlovic
SF Paul Pierce
PF Brandon Bass
C Kevin Garnett

INACTIVES: Mickael Pietrus, Jermaine O'Neal

ORLANDO MAGIC (36-25)

PG Jameer Nelson
SG Jason Richardson
SF Ryan Anderson
PF Glen Davis
C Daniel Orton

INACTIVES: Dwight Howard, Hedo Turkoglu

OFFICIALS: James Capers, Josh Tiven, Derrick Collins