Celtics fans experienced a moment of anxiety during Tuesday’s game against the Warriors as star player Jayson Tatum seemed to roll his left ankle. With 7:45 left in the first quarter, Tatum hobbled back to the locker room. Thankfully, Tatum managed to retreat under his power. The incident occurred when Tatum appeared to step on the shoe of the Warriors’ Brandin Podziemski during gameplay. Fortunately, it seemed that the injury wasn’t too severe, and Tatum headed to the locker room after twisting his ankle.
Until that moment, Tatum had scored four points, secured two rebounds, and contributed one assist on 2-for-3 shooting in four minutes.
The injury, initially not seeming serious, indeed turned out to be the case. Tatum came back to the Celtics bench with 2:19 remaining in the first quarter, walking unaided and without a limp. He made a full return to the game at the beginning of the second quarter.
