Jayson Tatum tried to ease the concerns of Celtics fans after injuring his wrist during Boston’s Game 1 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night.
Despite favoring his wrist after taking a flagrant foul from Magic guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the fourth quarter, Tatum said he was fine postgame after having X-rays performed at TD Garden.
“It’s clean, it’s good,” Tatum told reporters of his wrist, adding: “I just landed on it. It was throbbing for a second. It kind of went away.”
But even if the Celtics superstar forward finished Game 1 against Orlando, Boston might have to manage that wrist ailment moving forward in the early stages of the team’s playoff run.