Celtics injury report: Jayson Tatum ruled out for Game 2
BOSTON– Jayson Tatum (wrist) will miss the first championship game of his profession on Wednesday night when the Celtics take on the Magic in Game 2 of their preliminary series. The All-Star forward was originally listed as doubtful by the team on the injury report Tuesday however was devalued an hour before tip.
“I know he’s doing everything he can to put himself in a position to play,” Joe Mazzulla said before Video game 2. “Simply going to take it everyday.”
Tatum suffered a bone swelling in his best wrist in the fourth quarter of Game 1 when he landed hard on the court after an ostentatious nasty by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Tatum played through the injury over the last 8 minutes of Boston’s Video game 1 win, however was likewise able to participate in a few of the group’s practice on Tuesday.
“He had the ability to do some things,” Joe Mazzulla stated. “He was sore after the game, he’s gotten a little bit better today. He had the ability to go through some on court work and we’ll go from there.”
Tatum has actually played 114 successive championship game for the Celtics given that his rookie season in 2017-18 without missing a game. He’s been one of the most resilient players in the NBA over his profession, having actually never missed out on more than 10 regular season games in a year over his eight years in Boston.
Numerous Celtics players took issue with the nasty on Tatum that led to his injury in Game 1.
“There was something additional,” Horford said of the Caldwell-Pope nasty. ‘There was a lot– it was the 2nd or 3rd time that particularly KCP addressed him in that way.”
Magic players safeguarded the Caldwell-Pope, stating that there was no actual malice beyond a hard nasty.
“It just advises you of what the playoffs are and the intensity that you have fun with,” Horford said. ‘We’re all completing. We’re playing hard. There’s a level to it. In the routine season, you most likely don’t see it as consistent. In the playoffs, there’s a lot of it. That’s just a tip.”
The Celtics went 8-2 this season in games that Tatum did not wear with both losses coming versus the Magic.
“I believe that’s what makes us so dangerous, that we simply have a really well-balanced group,” Tatum stated after Game 1. “And guys step up and it can be different guys on any night. And everybody else simply type of figures out their part to make certain we win.”