Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge is back in Boston after suffering a mild heart attack prior to Tuesday night's Game 2 matchup against the Bucks in Milwaukee, according to a report from Chris Forsberg of NBC Boston.
In his report, Forsberg noted that Ainge was back at his home in Boston on Thursday night. Celtics head coach Brad Stevens was given a status update from Danny's son, Austin, on Friday morning:
Danny Ainge is back in Boston, slept in his own bed last night, according to Brad Stevens, who got an update from Austin Ainge this morning.
— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) May 3, 2019
Ainge, now 60 years of age, was with the Celtics in Milwaukee when he suffered what the team is calling a “mild heart attack.” He received medical attention immediately and is expected to make a full recovery, according to the team.
Stevens was aware that Ainge had suffered a heart attack prior to Game 2, but the rest of the team was not, according to a report from ABC 5 in Boston.
“He’s a friend and, you know, the family has been so good to us, so you don’t think about anything else. You just want them to be comfortable and feeling great, feeling better, a good prognosis – all that is the case. And, obviously, you immediately go to his family, his kids, his wife – and they all seem to be doing well too,” Stevens said.
Ainge is widely-viewed as Celtics royalty, rightfully so. He became an important piece of the Boston teams that won titles in 1984 and 1986, and he still holds several statistical records with the franchise (10th in three-point field goals; 348, seventh in steals; 671, and eighth in free-throw percentage; 86.7).
The Celtics will be back in action on Friday night, when they'll serve as hosts to the Bucks for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Tip-off inside TD Garden is set for 8:00 p.m. ET, with ESPN having live broadcast coverage.
Join us in wishing Ainge a speedy recovery.
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