Celtics Make Jayson Tatum Decision Amid Concerning Injury

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Robert Marvi | Last updated Mar 25, 2025 2:10 AM ET

All season long, the Boston Celtics have been considered the favorites to win their second straight NBA championship. After a rough stretch in January, they started to gain steam, and they came into Monday's game against the Sacramento Kings with 10 wins in their previous 11 games.

They got star wing Jaylen Brown back from a bone bruise on Monday, only to lose Jayson Tatum, their best player, to an ankle injury.

Tatum suffered the injury after hitting a 3-pointer and landing on the foot of Kings star center Domantas Sabonis. Sabonis received a flagrant 1 foul for getting into Tatum's landing space, and Tatum had to be helped to the locker room.

The star forward wasn't made available for post-game interviews, but according to a post on X by Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe, he seemed to be in good spirits and was wearing sneakers on both of his feet.

"Jayson Tatum isn’t being made available for interviews," Himmelsbach wrote.

"He’s at his locker eating and joking with teammates and wearing sneakers on both feet though."

Jayson Tatum isn’t being made available for interviews.
He’s at his locker eating and joking with teammates and wearing sneakers on both feet though.
— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) March 25, 2025

Needless to say, if Tatum has to miss an extended stretch, it could at least partly doom the Celtics' hopes of winning it all again.

He came into Monday averaging 27.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists a game. He had two 40-plus-point games in the last few weeks, including a 46-point outburst in a frustrating 123-116 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Feb. 28.

Tatum had 25 points before exiting the game against Sacramento. Boston was able to win easily by a final score of 113-95 and improve its record to 53-19.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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