Joe Mazzulla revealed on Thursday that Jayson Tatum’s right wrist bone bruise is “severe.” Still, the Celtics' head coach maintained that there’s still a chance Tatum will play in Game 3 against the Magic on Friday night, after missing Game 2 on Wednesday.
“He’s dealing with a severe bone bruise. He’s day-to-day,” Mazzulla said in his weekly interview on 98.5’s Zolak and Bertrand. “He’s progressively gotten a little bit better each day.”
Tatum suffered the wrist injury in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s Game 1 between the Celtics and Magic after taking a hit from Magic forward Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on a drive.