NBA and Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum said that in addition to the playoffs, he was also on the court in the finals dealing with a wrist injury.
NBA star, Jayson Tatumrevealed in an interview to the North American press that he worked for two months for the Boston Celtics with a broken wrist. The main name of the team said that he chose to hide this injury during the playoffs and finals of the competition because he didn’t want to miss a single game.
During an interview with the portal “Bleacher Report”, Jayson Tatum said that he suffered a wrist injury in the match against Atlanta Hawks, still in February. At the time, the player preferred to deal with the pain, although at that moment it was quite strong, and not be examined by the team’s medical department for fear of missing an important game.
“I was nervous to let my wrist look because I knew how much pain I was in. I couldn’t move my wrist backwards, at home I couldn’t hold a cup or a plate. So after every game I wore a bandage to keep it stable and I had to deal with it. I was nervous about checking them out because I didn’t want someone to tell me I couldn’t play.”revealed the athlete.
Even before the start of the Playoffs dispute, he had his pulse evaluated after the insistence of the coaches, and the doctors identified that the fracture had already calcified, but if there was too much contact in the area, the improvement in the region would be hampered. Tatum learned of the injury eight weeks late, but still refused to stop playing.
“When we had six or seven days off, Nick turned to me and said, ‘We’ve got to check this out,’ I was like, ‘Okay, but it’s the playoffs. I don’t care what anyone says, I’m going to play. “, told the player, who, in the midst of injury in the playoffs, said he even took a cortisone injection in his wrist to try to reduce the pain during a franchise game against Milwaukee Bucks.
“In the Playoffs there was a play against Milwaukee in game three. I dunked and Giannis came after me and made a foul. I fell into the crowd. That was the moment I felt the most pain since I was injured.” told, also saying that he noticed that his hand had a slight loss of color and difficulties to feel it during the rest of the match.
Even injured, and dealing with the severe pain, Tatum managed to average 25.6 points scored, 6.7 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game in the NBA playoffs. In addition, the player even won the “Larry Bird Award”, which is given to the best player in the Eastern Finals.
Source: sportbuzz
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