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Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla talks with reporters during Boston Celtics media day at the Auerbach Center on September 29, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Boston Celtics walked out of Philadelphia on Sunday night with a 3-1 series lead and momentum that felt impossible to slow. Game 4 was never close. Boston set a franchise playoff record with 24 made threes, controlled the glass, and got a career playoff performance from an unexpected source. The 76ers had no answers.

Now the series returns to TD Garden.

Game 5 is Tuesday night, and Boston has a chance to close out Philadelphia and advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals. Before that happens, both teams have submitted their injury reports.

Celtics Injury Report For Game 5

The Celtics’ injury report for Game 5 carries no names.

Boston is fully healthy heading into Tuesday, which is exactly what a team in a closeout situation wants. No questionable designations. No players listed as doubtful. The Celtics will have their full rotation available when they take the floor at TD Garden.

That matters. Closeout games carry their own kind of pressure, and having every option available gives Joe Mazzulla the flexibility to respond to whatever Philadelphia brings.

Embiid’s Status for Philadelphia

Joel Embiid is listed as probable for Game 5. He returned for Game 4 after missing time following emergency surgery earlier this month, posting 26 points, 6 assists, and 10 rebounds. Philadelphia needed that kind of production just to stay competitive, and it still was not enough. Boston won by 32.

Embiid is expected to play. The 76ers will need everything he has. Whether his conditioning and health allow him to sustain that level across 4 quarters in a hostile TD Garden environment is a different question entirely.

GettyPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – APRIL 26: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers pumps up the crowd during the first half of game four of the Eastern Conference first round playoffs against the Boston Celtics at Xfinity Mobile Arena on April 26, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

How Boston Got Here

Game 4 told the story of how far this Celtics team has come.

Payton Pritchard delivered the biggest scoring night of his playoff career, finishing with 32 points and six three-pointers before Philadelphia could find a response.

Jayson Tatum finished with 11 assists, 30 points, and 7 rebounds after working through a slow start. Jaylen Brown was steady across both ends, finishing with 20 points and 7 rebounds. Boston owned the glass by a margin of 51-30 and turned the Wells Fargo Center into a Celtics crowd by the fourth quarter.

Embiid’s return gave the 76ers a real lift before tipoff. It faded fast. Tyrese Maxey finished with 22 points but managed only three field goal attempts through the first two quarters, and the Celtics’ defensive discipline made sure Philadelphia never found its footing. Boston had built a 56-38 advantage by the intermission, and the outcome was already taking shape.

After the game, Jaylen Brown was asked about the Celtics fans who had traveled to Philadelphia and turned a 76ers chant back on the home crowd.

“How could you not?” Brown said.

GettyPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – APRIL 26: Jayson Tatum #0 celebrates a basket with Jaylen Brown #7 and Sam Hauser #30 of the Boston Celtics during the second half of game four of the Eastern Conference first round playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers at Xfinity Mobile Arena on April 26, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

Final Word for the Celtics

Boston enters Game 5 healthy, confident, and playing some of its best basketball of the postseason.

The 76ers will likely have Embiid available again, and he gives them a puncher’s chance in any game. But this Celtics team has already shown it can handle his presence. Game 4 proved that Philadelphia needs more than Embiid to change the series.

TD Garden on Tuesday. Full strength. One win away.

Close it out.