Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum has been listed as “questionable” hours before his team will host the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of a thrilling first-round playoff series.
Tatum sat out the entire fourth quarter of a Game 6 defeat. While Boston announced on Friday that it had no injuries to report, Tatum popped up on its Saturday injury report with left knee stiffness.
Tatum tore his right Achilles tendon last May against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals. He returned to action this year on March 6. Tatum played 16 regular-season games for the Celtics, who earned the No. 2 seed in the East despite his absence throughout most of the 2025-26 campaign.
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In the playoffs this year, he’s averaged 23.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and 6.8 assists per contest while shooting 47.5% from the field, including 36.5% from 3.
While Tatum not playing in the fourth quarter in Game 5 on Thursday raised the antennae of basketball fans everywhere, especially those in Boston, injury concerns were minimized postgame, as well as on Friday.
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