BOSTON — On Sunday afternoon, Jayson Tatum appeared to harm his wrist after being on the receiving finish of a tough foul from Orlando Magic ahead Kentavius Caldwell-Pope. Tatum lay on the bottom for a couple of minutes after the foul, and afterwards confirmed to the media that X-rays got here again clear and {that a} throbbing sensation had subsided.
However, at observe on Tuesday, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla stated that Tatum was day-to-day, and didn’t verify he was definitively going to go in Sport 2.
“He was capable of do some stuff,” Mazzulla stated. “He was sore after the sport. It’s gotten somewhat higher in the present day. He was capable of do some on-court work, and we’ll go from there.”
ESPN’s Shams Charania reported later Tuesday afternoon that Tatum had been recognized with a bone bruise in his proper wrist — and confirmed that he remained day-to-day.
Joe Mazzulla explains his preliminary response to Jayson Tatum’s damage
A clip from the preliminary play went viral on Sunday evening that showcased Mazzulla urging Tatum to rise up and discouraging a coach from instantly going over to are likely to him.
When requested about why he reacted like that to Tatum’s fall, Mazzulla initially stored issues easy: “Love.”
Requested to elaborate on that, Mazzulla added: “I’m grateful for the connection that I’ve with the blokes, grateful for the connection that I’ve with him. And you like guys in numerous methods, however every thing’s constructed on love. All the pieces’s constructed on the connection that we have now — their self-expression, they permit me to be who I’m. We’ve got a belief for one another.”
The Celtics will host the Magic for Sport 2 of the primary spherical of the NBA playoffs on Wednesday at 7pm.
The Celtics’ official damage report will probably be up afterward Tuesday afternoon, the place the group will point out whether or not the Celtics are nonetheless is possible, questionable, uncertain, or out altogether.
This story will probably be up to date as extra info is out there.
