The Boston Celtics star, Jayson Tatum, is one of the NBA Most durable players. Only six games have been lost this season and more than eight has never been lost in a single season. However, strange accidents can occur in the NBAAnd unfortunately, Tatum was beaten with one in the third quarter of Boston’s 113-95 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday.
Tatum had the ball behind the arch and was defended by the great man of the Domantas Sabonis kings. Seeing the mismatch, Tatum went up to a triple. Sabonis tried to dispute it, but put his foot in Tatum’s landing zone. Tatum landed on that foot and immediately wrinkled the floor with pain.
Tatum went to the costume from there and did not return with what the Celtics called a left ankle sprain. After the game, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said Tatum seemed to “be fine” and was freezing the ankle. Tatum was not made available to reporters but I didn’t wear a boot In the affected foot.
The lack of Sabonis was a flagrant-1 based on a rule that arose as a result of a similar play. In the final of the 2017 West Conference, Kawhi Leonard was hurt when Zaza Pachulia closed to his landing zone, so when a defender passes under a shooter in the air, he is now considered a flagrant. Tatum remained in the game for his free throws, but came out from there.
Fortunately for both Tatum and Celtics, Boston has little left to play in the regular season. Tatum has already reached 65 games, so it is eligible for an NBA selection. Meanwhile, Boston follows Cleveland for five games for sown number 1 and leads New York for seven in the loss column for seed No. 3. With 10 games for the end of the postseason, the Celtics are basically sure of seed number 2 at the east conference, so they can afford to be cautious with tatum while evaluating this injury.
Even so, Boston needs Tatum with full strength for the postseason, and ankle sprains can be complicated. A lower ankle sprain can be managed over the course of a few weeks. A high -tone sprain takes longer, and then there is the severity of the sprain to consider.
For now, all Boston can do is expect Tatum’s sprain not to remain in the playoffs.
