NBA playoff: Jayson Tatum's X-rays come back clean after hard foul, fall on his wrist during Celtics-Magic game
While the results of the X-rays were good news for Tatum, it's not clear from Tatum's answers how much his wrist is bothering him or if it will impact him moving forward.
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Jayson Tatum took a flagrant foul and landed on his right wrist late in Sunday's playoff game between the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic, prompting concern about an injury.
Tatum was able to finish the game and told reporters postgame that X-rays came on his wrist came back negative. It sounds like he'll be ready to go for Game 2 after Boston's 103-86 win in Game 1.
Tatum's injury scare took place with 8:28 remaining remaining in the fourth quarter. He attacked the basket for a dunk attempt and landed on the baseline after a foul by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in which the Magic guard grabbed Tatum's right elbow and pulled while Tatum was in midair.
Jayson Tatum stayed down for an extended period of time after falling hard on his right wrist ????
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was given a flagrant foul for the play…
Good or bad call? ????pic.twitter.com/cJ8BgqsTEI— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) April 20, 2025
Tatum landed hard on the court and clutched his right wrist. He remained down on the ground for several moments after the foul. Officials reviewed the foul on Caldwell-Pope and upgraded it from a personal to a flagrant 1.
During the review, Tatum got up and walked to the bench, where he received treatment from a member of the Celtics' medical staff. When play resumed, he took to the foul line to shoot his free throws.
An 81% free throw shooter for the season, Tatum missed them both. But he continued to play down the stretch and hit his first 3-pointer of the game moments later, easing concern that he was dealing with a significant injury.
But he continued to flex his wrist on the bench once he was taken out of the game in the final two minutes along with the rest of the Celtics starters, clearly still in discomfort.
He addressed the status of his wrist during his postgame news conference.
Jayson Tatum said he got an X-Ray on his wrist and it came back clean.
-#celtics#bostoncelticspic.twitter.com/Es3CIxewdF— Celtics on CLNS (@CelticsCLNS) April 20, 2025
"It's all right," Tatum said when asked about his wrist. "I just fell on it, landed on it."
Tatum offered minimal details when asked if he thought that it would bother him moving forward in the playoffs.
"I just landed on it," Tatum continued. "It was throbbing for a second. Kind of went away."
Tatum then confirmed that he did have X-rays on his wrist.
"Yeah, it's clean, it's good," Tatum said of the X-rays.
While the results of the X-rays were good news for Tatum, it's not clear from Tatum's answers how much his wrist is bothering him or if it will impact him moving forward. Boston is scheduled to play Orlando in Game 2 of their first-round series on Wednesday.
