Sam Hauser was cleared from the Boston Celtics' injury report on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 5:21 PM ET, moving off the day-to-day tag he carried the day before. He is available for Boston's next game, at the Pistons on Tuesday.
What happened
The Celtics listed Sam Hauser as cleared on their injury report Saturday, Oct. 17 at 5:21 PM ET, lifting the day-to-day status he had carried since Friday, Oct. 16, when he was marked day-to-day under a rest/other designation. It is the second clearance in Hauser's recent timeline: he was also cleared from day-to-day on Saturday, Oct. 10, after going from out to day-to-day on Thursday, Oct. 8, both tied to the same rest/other designation. No further detail or report comment was listed, and no expected return date has been announced.
What it means for the Celtics
Boston's next game is at the Pistons on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 3:00 PM ET, airing on NBC/Peacock. The 2026-27 regular season has not started, so the Celtics are 0-0 with no record to split with or without Hauser yet. Last season, Hauser averaged 9.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 24.8 minutes across 78 games. With Hauser unavailable, Boston's wing and forward minutes ran through Jaylen Brown (34.4 minutes, 28.7 points), Jayson Tatum (32.6 minutes, 21.8 points) and Baylor Scheierman (18.6 minutes, 5.5 points), among others in the rotation.
What to watch
Hauser's next listing will come on the Celtics' following injury report ahead of the Pistons game on Tuesday, Oct. 20. No expected return timeline has been announced beyond the clearance itself. Boston's rotation minutes in the frontcourt and on the wing are worth tracking as the regular season opens, given the swings in his status over the past two weeks.
Is Sam Hauser playing at the Pistons?
He was cleared from the Celtics' injury report on Saturday, Oct. 17, with no restriction listed, ahead of Boston's game at the Pistons on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 3:00 PM ET.
When will Sam Hauser be back?
He is already cleared as of the Oct. 17 report. No expected return date was listed because he is no longer on a day-to-day designation.