Ray:
After sitting out Tuesday's practice, Ray Allen told reporters he has a pinched nerve that is causing numbness and tingling in three fingers on his right hand. Coach Doc Rivers expects Allen will miss the game and that reserve guard Tony Allen will start in his place.
"Three of my fingers started going numb, and then yesterday my pinky started discoloring, so that's when I knew it was something a little worse than I thought," Allen said. "It's radiating down [from my neck] through my shoulder blade. It's an uncomfortable feeling."
Baby:
Meanwhile, after his breakout game in Detroit, Big Baby Glen Davis may also sit out with a sore left knee. Davis hurt his knee in the fourth quarter against the Pistons when he went to the deck hard after being fouled on a layup.