As Boston Celtics aim to take an advantage of the 2-0 series over Orlando Magic on Wednesday night, they can be doing it without Jays Tatum.
Boston listed Tatum as a doubtful for game 2 on Wednesday afternoon with a “right distal radio bone bruise.” Presumably, Tatum suffered the injury in the last quarter of game 1 when the Kentavious Caldwell-Pope magic guard and the Wendell Carter Jr. Center contacted him under the basket.
That said, Tatum finished the game, registering 40 minutes.
“Simply sore after the game. Today is Gooths a little better,” the Celtic chief coach Joe Mazzulla said on Tuesday, about the Tatum bones bones in his right veil, according to ESPN. “He is going to go through some work on the court and go from there.”
With Tatum below, Mazzulla was seen shouting to “get up.” Tatum Dalt with ankle and knee problems at the points of the regular season, but still managed to appear in 72 games.
In what was a victory for 103-86 game 1 for the Celtics, Tatum totaled 17 points and 14 rebounds in 8 of 22 shots from the field (36.4%).
Tatum, four times honored All-NBA, averaged 26.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, six assists and 1.1 robberies per game, while fired 45.2/34.3/81.4 in the regular season.
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