Sporting News contacted medical expert Dr. Michael S. George of the KSF Orthopaedic Center in Houston, who explained what Boston's guard is dealing with and how it will impact him moving forward.

“Mallet finger” is caused by damage to a tendon ... Holiday appears to be in the latter camp, as he’s been wearing a splint on his right pinky finger to keep it as straight as possible.

“I’m going to have to be in a splint for a minute,” he said. “But figuring that out (since it’s) on my shooting hand.” Oklahoma City Thunder wing Luguentz Dort suffered a mallet finger ...

There are varying levels of severity with any type of mallet finger injury but Holiday is ... “Trying to figure out — I’m going to be in a splint for a minute but figuring that out since ...

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Lu Dort played through a mallet finger injury earlier this season. He wore a splint on the injured finger, and it sounds like the injury definitely impacted him.

Holiday has a splint on the finger already and hasn’t yet worked through the process of what it’ll feel like to catch, handle and shoot because of the pain. He’d never heard of mallet finger ...

The Celtics will be shorthanded as they begin a back-to-back set on Wednesday night at TD Garden against the Portland Trail ...

It looks like the Boston Celtics will be shorthanded when they welcome the Portland Trail Blazers to TD Garden on Wednesday night, with six players listed on the team's injury report.