Jayson Tatum prevented harm Sunday throughout his tumble on the TD Backyard parquet.
The Celtics star landed on his wrist after a tough foul from Magic guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in Recreation 1 of the groups’ first-round playoff sequence. He remained down on the court docket for an prolonged interval and was briefly examined on the Boston bench, however he remained within the recreation, which the Celtics went on to win 103-86.
Tatum mentioned an X-ray on his wrist got here again “clear” and “good.” He downplayed the scare throughout his postgame information convention.
“It’s all proper,” Tatum mentioned. “I simply fell on it, landed on it. … It was throbbing for a second then sort of went away.”
Caldwell-Pope, who grabbed Tatum’s proper elbow whereas the latter was elevating for a dunk, was assessed a Flagrant 1 foul on the play. Gamers from each groups exchanged phrases whereas Tatum was wincing on the ground.
“Arduous foul,” Celtics guard Jrue Vacation mentioned. “I imply, playoff basketball, (Orlando is a) 7 seed that’s gonna come out and struggle and be bodily. Only a exhausting foul.”
Tatum endured a tough capturing night time (8-for-22 from the sphere, 1-for-8 from 3-point vary, 0-for-4 from the foul line) however was extremely lively on the glass, main all gamers with 14 rebounds to associate with his 17 factors, 4 assists, one steal and one block. The Celtics outscored the Magic by a game-best 23 factors throughout his 40 minutes.
“Clearly, he in all probability didn’t play the environment friendly offensive recreation that he would have favored, however I believed his poise, you couldn’t inform that,” Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla mentioned. “That by no means bought in the best way of his protection and his physicality and his rebounding. That’s an important factor. He’s going to attain, he’s going to place us in place to achieve success, however you’ve bought to reply the decision defensively, physicality-wise. I believed he did that, particularly rebounding within the second half.”
The Celtics will look to take a 2-0 sequence lead Wednesday night time at TD Backyard.
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