"Shaquille O'Neal didn't play in the second half or overtime of Game 4 of the Celtics playoff series with Miami and he's not likely to play in Wednesday night's Game 5 either. It wasn't a coaching decision by Doc Rivers, it was strictly health-related. "It was physical," Rivers said at the team's shootaround. "Don’t know yet today. I will say I doubt it. That little stretch of the game it got worse."
Rivers said that Shaq's condition worsened in the four minutes he played in Game 4 and it doesn't sound like he will be able to play no matter what happens in Game 5 or beyond. "It’s nothing he can do. It’s not like he’s not trying," Rivers said. "He’s done everything you possibly can do to get healthy. Unfortunately for him he just hasn’t been able to do it. When he originally got injured no one thought it was that serious. It just never healed and it still hasn’t and now every time he plays it gets worse (WEEI)."
Sounds like Shaq is done for the playoffs. We waited all year for him to be back, and he just doesn't have it. At this point he is barely playing, and really has no effect on the game. I don't think this will really have any kind of baring on what happens tonight, but you have to wonder if this is the last we will ever see of Shaq in the NBA.
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