Jayson Tatum Unlikely To Play In Game 3 Due To Severe Bone Bruise In Right Wrist

The Boston Celtics do not expect Jayson Tatum to play in Game 3 of their first round series against Orlando Magic due to his ongoing right wrist injury. Tatum suffered a bone bruise on a hard foul in Game 1 and missed the Celtics’ Game 2 win over the Magic. 

“He’s dealing with a severe bone bruise,” Joe Mazzulla said in an interview on Boston radio station 98.5 The Sports Hub. “He’s day to day. He’s progressively gotten a little bit better each day. [Wednesday] he went through all the protocols and did everything he could possibly do up until the last moment to try to play.”

Mazzulla said he wasn’t certain if the injury was the sort that could lead to an extended absence.

“I trust his process, I trust his mindset, I trust the people around him that help put him in position,” Mazzulla said in the radio interview. “That’s all we can do.”