Joe Mazzulla shares new details on Jayson Tatum’s ‘severe bone bruise’

A wrist injury kept Jayson Tatum out of the Celtics Match win over the Orlando Magic Whether he ll be available for Match on Friday remains to be seen Boston head coach Joe Mazzulla offered an update on Tatum s injury which Mazzulla called a severe bone bruise on his shooting wrist Thursday in an interview with The Sports Hub s Zolak Bertrand There will definitely be a chance of him playing Friday Mazzulla disclosed He s dealing with a severe bone bruise and he s day to day He s progressively gotten a little bit better each day On Wednesday he went through all the protocols and did everything he could possibly do up to the last moment to try and play and just wasn t able to do it But he ll go back at it again in contemporary times and he s in that day-to-day process right now But at the end of the day I know he ll do whatever it takes to put himself in position to play and put our company in position to win That s just kind of who he is and we re just trusting that Related Articles Jayson Tatum injury Celtics star ruled out for Battle still day to day Jayson Tatum explains injury scare after Celtics Battle win over Magic OBF With NBA playoffs here it s Face time for Jayson Tatum Mazzulla was petitioned whether the injury would require rest to heal or if Tatum would be able to play through it without causing further damage ESPN s Shams Charania earlier in the week called it a pain tolerance injury That question s way above my pay grade Mazzulla replied All I can tell you is at the end of the day he s doing whatever he can every minute of the hours to put him in position to try and be out there on the court I trust his process I trust his mindset I trust the people around him that help put him in position and that s all we can do Tatum had played in all Celtics playoff games in his career before Wednesday s DNP Co-star Jaylen Brown carried the load in his absence scoring points on efficient -of- shooting and adding rebounds five assists and one steal Kristaps Porzingis chipped in points and boards as Boston won - to take a - series lead