BOSTON — Brandin Podziemskis status on the official injury report Wednesday morning was available. In the afternoon, he got downgraded to questionable with an illness. Then before Wednesday nights game between the Warriors and Celtics in the TD Garden, the Warriors ruled the guard out.

Podziemski left Mondays game in Washington D.C. with an illness. He said he felt dizzy and lightheaded, which began at the start of the game and persisted on-and-off until the end of the game, but didnt get an official diagnosis. He subbed himself out one minute into the third quarter when his symptoms were too much to play through and didnt return.

Hes still sick, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said pregame. That impacts the game significantly for us. So weve got to figure out how to were going to kind of piece together the lineup behind Steph.

Podziemski, 21, is averaging 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. He ranks third in the NBA in plus-minus, a metric that shows how impactful he is when hes on the court.

Hes still feeling the effects, Kerr said. Whatever it is. Whether its a viral thing, who knows? Hes not feeling well, and were holding him out. Hes dying to play, and were holding him up.

DeAnthony Melton (back) is also out for the Warriors. Hes set to get re-evaluated on Thursday after participating in 3-on-3 at the end of morning shootaround Wednesday. Podziemski likewise participated in shootaround.

On the other side, Jaylen Brown (hip) has been ruled out for Boston as well as Kristaps Porzingis, who is sidelined indefinitely.

Steph Curry, who played on a 24-minute restriction in his first game back from an ankle sprain that knocked him out for three contests, is once again active. Kerr said hes not necessarily on a minutes restriction against Boston, but theyre not going to push it after he missed a week and is still ramping up in-game endurance.

Notable

Kerr said he didnt need to address the team after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday, a result that he and many within the team are unsatisfied with. He joked that he told the team in their morning meeting, Lets make America great again and beat the Celtics.

I believe in democracy, Kerr said, in seriousness. The American people have spoken and voted for Trump. I want him to do well the next four years. I want our country to do well. I believe in the will of the people, and Ill do everything I can to support my country and our government. And I want nothing for the best for us.

The Celtics enter Wednesday night with a 121.8 offensive rating that leads the NBA. Last year, they set the NBA record in the metric, which measures scoring efficiency. Theyre taking more than 50 3-pointers per game and often deploy a five-out style with lineups in which every player is capable of shooting from distance.

Kerr is expected to face the biggest round of boos in his career as Celtics fans remain upset that he didnt play Jayson Tatum minutes to their liking during Team USAs run to gold.

Kerr said he doesnt regret the way he handled the staff, and that he cant control the narrative his coaching decisions created.

I dont think anybody actually cared enough about me to boo me, Kerr said when asked what the loudest hes been bood was. Well see how it goes tonight. Im sure, also, a lot of Celtics fans are going to cheer me for being part of Team USA, bringing a gold medal for our country. Im a patriotic American, I love my country. Three Celtics who were on my team won a world championship and two months later won a gold medal. Pretty incredible stuff. People can write about whatever they want to write about.