It was hard to watch. Late in the Knicks’ Game 4 win over the Celtics, Boston’s all-everything Jayson Tatum took a hard step, then fell to the ground in great pain, grabbing his lower leg. He had to be helped off the court, could not put any weight on it, and could be seen in tears in a wheelchair being pushed down a back hall in Madison Square Garden. Nothing is official yet, but it looked like an Achilles tear.
After the injury, love poured in for Tatum. That started with the Knicks players after the game.
Jalen Brunson gives an opening statement wishing the best for Jayson Tatum:
“Thoughts and prayers with him. Just praying for the best” pic.twitter.com/dBF8mqRNFT
— Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) May 13, 2025
Mitchell Robinson hopes Jayson Tatum is alright after he went down with an injury in tonight’s game:
“I’ve been dealing with injuries my whole career. You don’t want to see a guy go through stuff like that” pic.twitter.com/Mt14PgEAq2
— Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) May 13, 2025
Then there was an outpouring of love from LeBron James and other people in the NBA.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Big Deuce
— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 13, 2025
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Tatum
— Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) May 13, 2025
🙏🏾 for Tatum
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) May 13, 2025
Prayers for 0! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Too many have gone down this year 🤕
— Grant Williams (@Grant2Will) May 13, 2025
Then there were the NBA fans who chimed in as well.
Prayers up man….. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) May 13, 2025
Sending all good thoughts and positive vibes to the great @jaytatum0. 🙏🙏🙏
— Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) May 13, 2025
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