Magic player addresses his foul that injured Jayson Tatum

Orlando Magic wing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will not be popular in Boston over the hard foul that injured Jayson Tatum, but he has no regrets about the situation.

Tatum is considered doubtful for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first round on Wednesday night after he landed hard on his right wrist following a hard foul by Caldwell-Pope in Game 1. Some Celtics players, particularly Al Horford, felt that the Magic crossed a line with their physicality, which led to the injury.

Caldwell-Pope was not buying that narrative. He said Wednesday that he was just playing “playoff basketball.”

“This is how I’ve been playing in playoff basketball,” Caldwell-Pope said. “A hard foul is a hard foul. I really don’t care what anybody says. I’m still gonna play how I play, how I’m supposed to play for my team at the end of the day.

“I don’t know what happened (regarding Tatum’s injury). For me, I’m going up to contest a shot. As a defender, I’m here to help stop the ball from going in the basket. Whether they thought it was a flagrant foul or a bad call or whatever it was, I just went up to block the ball.”