National Basketball Association

Celtics' Rondo still sidelined with sprained ankle

Published Dec. 31, 2010 9:06 p.m. ET

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The Celtics' Rajon Rondo will miss his seventh straight game with a sprained left ankle, adding to Boston's injury woes with Kevin Garnett also ailing.

Rondo will miss Friday's game against New Orleans with the injury he sustained in New York on Dec. 15.

The Celtics' star point guard, who leads the league with 13.8 assists per game, went through a workout Friday and was sitting on the bench during pregame warmups, but coach Doc Rivers said he wasn't ready yet.

Garnett is expected to be out two weeks with a strained right calf. He was injured in the opening quarter of Boston's loss against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday.

''We've been in survival mode now for a couple of weeks, months with guys out,'' Celtics guard Ray Allen said. ''Guys are going to have to step up and fill Kevin's shoes.''

Backup point guard Delonte West has been sidelined for 15 games with a broken right wrist, Jermaine O'Neal missed 19 games with sore knees before playing the last three and Kendrick Perkins has been sidelined the entire season following surgery for a knee injury from Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

''It's tough, but we've just got to make do,'' Rivers said. ''There's no feeling sorry for yourself.''

Rivers said the hardest thing will be finding a rotation the next few games.

''Right now it's the starters and we'll figure it out from there,'' he said.