Boston star Jayson Tatum underwent a right -off or ankle injury during a late contact game in the defeat of Celtics in match 4 against the host of New York Knicks on Monday evening, and he will undergo an MRI exam on Tuesday.
The Celtic coach Joe Mazzulla said that after the Knicks had taken a 3-1 lead in the semi-final series of the Eastern Conference, Tatum had a “lower body injury”. Mazzulla added: “He’s going to get an MRI tomorrow. He’s with the doctors now.”
Asked that he knew if Tatum had injured his ankle or his Achilles tendon, Mazzulla replied: “We will have the MRI tomorrow and we will go from there.”
Tatum was injured when his teammate Jaylen Brown groped the ball and Tatum tried it. Og Anunoby finished the play with a dunk to give New York a lead of nine points on the way to a 121-113 victory during the semi-final competition of the Eastern Conference.
Tatum was agony on the ground and called his own dead time before seizing his ankle with 2:58 to play. He was helped on the ground with his right foot kept above the ground and was later seen to be pushed into the locker room on a wheelchair.
Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said: “I never want to see a player getting injured. He was a great player and he’s a great guy too, so I hope it’s not a serious injury.”
Tatum had accumulated 42 points, eight rebounds, four assists, four interceptions and two blocks in the match. He spilled seven 3 points.
The Knicks will try to close the series of best seven in match 5 Wednesday in Boston.
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