Injury Update: Jayson Tatum's Status Improves for Celtics vs. Magic
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Injury Update: Jayson Tatum's Status Improves for Celtics vs. Magic

Jayson Tatum's wrist injury has upgraded his status to questionable for the upcoming Game 3 against the Magic as the Celtics look to strengthen their playoff chances.

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum has been upgraded to questionable for Game 3 of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic on Friday. Tatum suffered a right distal radius bone bruise in Game 1.

The Celtics’ Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday are also listed as questionable. In his pregame media availability, coach Joe Mazzulla did not provide any additional clarity on whether or not the three of them would play. Tatum is “feeling a little better,” he told reporters, via The Athletic’s Jay King.

On Thursday, during an interview on 98.5 The Sports Hub, Mazzulla said that Tatum is dealing with a “severe bone bruise,” but has “progressively gotten a little bit better each day.”

In the radio interview, Mazzulla said there is “a chance” that Tatum could return on Friday and claimed that he doesn’t talk to team doctors. He also noted, “All I can tell you is, at the end of the day, he’s doing whatever he can, every minute of the 24 hours to put himself in position to try and be out there on the court.”

Wednesday’s win suggested that Boston can manage just fine without Tatum during this series, provided that everybody else is available. If Holiday and Brown are sidelined, though, the Celtics’ task will be tougher.

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