BOSTON — Jayson Tatum will miss Recreation 2 between the Celtics and Orlando Magic on Wednesday evening, the group introduced forward of tip-off. Tatum was beforehand listed as uncertain with a proper distal radius bone bruise suffered within the fourth quarter of Recreation 1.
Mazzulla didn’t have an replace on Tatum’s harm standing pregame, however did provide that Tatum had taken the courtroom at shootaround. Tatum didn’t undergo his regular pregame warmups round 90 minutes earlier than tip-off.
“Yesterday he was in a position to do some bit with the group,” Mazzulla mentioned. “Right now, he was in a position to get on the courtroom. He’ll be day-to-day. I’ll see how he’s when he will get right here, however I do know he’s doing every little thing he can to place himself ready to play. Simply going to attempt to take it everyday.”
The pregame Tatum replace echoed an analogous tune to Mazzulla’s a day prior.
“He was in a position to do some stuff,” the Celtics head coach mentioned at apply on Tuesday. “He was sore after the sport. It’s gotten slightly higher right this moment. He was in a position to do some on-court work, and we’ll go from there.”
X-rays instantly after the sport confirmed there was no break, Tatum mentioned. Charania reported that an MRI confirmed that the Celtics star had suffered a proper distal radius bone bruise.
Tatum was not on the ground for the portion of apply that’s open to the media on Tuesday
It’s uncommon for Jayson Tatum to overlook video games
By his 7-year tenure with the Celtics, Tatum has by no means missed a playoff sport. This previous season, Tatum performed in 72 of 82 video games, and the Celtics went 8-2 with out him.
Additionally on Tuesday, ESPN’s Shams Charania mentioned: “It’s believed to be a pain-tolerance harm, one thing that the Celtics might be managing day-to-day.”
With out Tatum, the Celtics may lean on minutes from backup wings Torrey Craig or Baylor Scheierman. It’s additionally doable they’ll merely depend on an 8-man rotation, with Sam Hauser, Payton Pritchard, and Luke Kornet enjoying bench minutes.
Celtics-Magic sport 2 tipoff is at 7pm ET.
