Jayson Tatum injury update reveals how likely Celtics star is to play in Game 7 vs. 76ers

"It's positive right now," Charania said. "Everyone in Boston is downplaying everything with Jayson Tatum... Joe Mazzulla denied that it was an injury at all. Jayson Tatum said after the game that it was just stiffness that he felt in his leg. I'm told Jayson Tatum told teammates after the game that he's fine, good to go. The expectation in Boston is Game 7, Jayson Tatum is all good."

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That doesn't remove all concern about Tatum, just given the fact that he left and didn't return from a potential closeout game. That sounds like more than Mazzulla's denial that it was an injury at all.

But it's also a situation that the Celtics have seen in the past be much worse. They know that this was tame, and seemingly not a problem.

There'll be a little extra scrutiny on the way Tatum is moving around the court in Game 7 in case something is still bothering him, but for now he sounds good to go.

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