Celtics ahead Jayson Tatum underwent an X-ray on his proper wrist following the group’s Sport 1 win over Orlando on Sunday, however he stated it got here again “clear,” as Baxter Holmes of ESPN relays.
Tatum drove to the basket throughout the fourth quarter of Sunday’s sport and was met by Magic defenders Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Wendell Carter Jr., who collided with the Celtics star and despatched him to the ground and into the basket stanchion (Twitter video link through ESPN).
Tatum grabbed his proper wrist and remained on the ground for a while earlier than ultimately getting up and remaining within the sport. Nevertheless, he instantly missed a pair of free throws and appeared to be favoring that wrist for the remainder of the night time.
“It’s all proper,” Tatum instructed reporters after the sport. “Simply fell on it, landed on it. …It was throbbing for a second. Type of went away.”
Head coach Joe Mazzulla didn’t appear involved about Tatum’s availability going ahead, Holmes notes, telling the media that the 27-year-old was “doing good.”
Tatum isn’t the one Celtics star whose well being is value monitoring throughout the first spherical. Jaylen Brown returned to motion on Sunday after lacking 9 of the the group’s ultimate 20 common season video games (together with the final three) as a result of a right knee issue. Brown, who performed half-hour, shifting properly and didn’t expertise any setbacks in Sport 1.
“I felt good as we speak,” Brown stated after the sport, per Holmes. “To begin the sport, it took me a little bit bit to get into the sport. I really feel like I used to be watching a little bit bit to begin. Second half, I used to be in a position to get extra concerned, make some performs, have some higher actions.”
