Celtics List Jaison Tatum as susceptible to play 3 with ‘heavy’ manual brom

Jaison Tatum remains stated as suspicious of Boston Celticswhich means that the government NBA Champions don’t expect to play Friday when they visit Orlando Magic In the game 3 Eastern Conference of the first round series.

Tatum deals with a bone bruise in his right wrist, the injury suffered a hard drop after broke down in the game 1 series. Tatum was not played in the game 2, when Celtici prevailed for the leading 2-0 series.

“He deals with a heavy bone bruise,” Celtics Joe Mazzulla said in the interview with Boston Radio Station. “He’s a day in a day. It’s progressively gradually better every day. (Wednesday) He went through all protocols and done everything he could do until the last minute to try to play.”

The match on Wednesday was the first landscape competing playoffs of Tatum missed in his career. It appeared in 114 consecutive games on postseason for Boston, as it joined the franchise in 2017 years as the number 3 years in the draft.

Tatum is a six-time star, he will probably make an All-NBA team the fifth time this year and has two Olympic gold medals next to the team of the team who won the title for Boston a year ago.

“At the end of the day, I know it will do everything you need to put into position to play and put our team in position to win,” Mazzulla said. “It’s kind of who we believe in that too.”

Mazzulla said he was not sure whether the injury was a kind that could lead to an extended absence.

“I trust his process, I believe in his opinion, I trust people around him who helps them put him in position,” Mazzulla said in a radio interview. “That’s all we can do.”

Tatum is an average of 26.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists during the regular season, leading 61-victory of Celtics in all three categories.

The game 4 is Sunday in Orlando. The game 5, if necessary, would be Tuesday in Boston.

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