The Boston Celtics are nonetheless reeling from their first-round playoff collapse in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers. However at the very least they do not have to fret about ahead Jayson Tatum needing to recuperate from one other vital harm.
Tatum did not play in Recreation 7 in opposition to Philadelphia at TD Backyard in Boston on Saturday night time due to stiffness in his left knee. He suffered the harm in Recreation 6 of the collection on April 30.
The ahead missed a lot of the common season on account of a proper Achilles tear suffered throughout a second-round playoff collection in opposition to the New York Knicks in Might 2025. At his end-of-season information convention on Sunday, Tatum clarified that this situation is not as extreme because the earlier harm.
Jayson Tatum discusses left knee harm
“It was undoubtedly a day-to-day factor,” Tatum stated (h/t Celtics on CLNS). “It sounds fairly imprecise, but it surely was simply one thing we’d’ve assessed from day-to-day. It wasn’t a long-term factor. I do know for a truth I might’ve been in a position to play if we had made it to the second spherical.”
