The Boston Celtics don’t count on Jayson Tatum to play in Recreation 3 of their first spherical collection towards Orlando Magic resulting from his ongoing proper wrist damage. Tatum suffered a bone bruise on a tough foul in Recreation 1 and missed the Celtics’ Recreation 2 win over the Magic.
“He is coping with a extreme bone bruise,” Joe Mazzulla mentioned in an interview on Boston radio station 98.5 The Sports activities Hub. “He is day after day. He is progressively gotten just a little bit higher every day. [Wednesday] he went by all of the protocols and did all the things he might probably do up till the final second to attempt to play.”
Mazzulla mentioned he wasn’t sure if the damage was the type that might result in an prolonged absence.
“I belief his course of, I belief his mindset, I belief the individuals round him that assist put him in place,” Mazzulla mentioned within the radio interview. “That is all we are able to do.”