Kristaps Porzingis will be back on the court playing for the Celtics for the first time since Feb. 26. He was upgraded on the C’s injury report for Saturday’s game against the Nets from questionable to available after battling an illness for the past few weeks.

Kristaps Porzingis scored 24 points in his return from an eight-game absence with an illness, getting 14 in the fourth quarter to help the Boston Celtics hold off the Brooklyn Nets 115-113 on Saturday night.