It didn’t take long for a raucous and rabid TD Garden crowd to be silenced on Monday night.
Just 34 seconds into a decisive Game 7 against the Heat, the Celtics’ top star in Jayson Tatum dropped to the parquet floor in pain.
While trying to euro-step past Miami point guard Gabe Vincent, Tatum rose up and rolled his ankle on the landing.
Even though he remained in the game, the damage was done for the All-NBA forward.
“I saw the video, I saw it after the game that I came down on my ankle.