April 20, 2025. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Boston Celtics striker Jason Tatum (0) is fouled late in TD Garden by Orlando Magic Center Wendell Carter Jr. (3
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Boston-Jayson Tatum is suspicious of Game 2 on Wednesday. Caldwell Pope was fouling, and he was celebrating at least one similar piece in the game. On a shootaround Wednesday, he covered his middle section and knee with ice, and saw pain in his shoulders and wrists, Caldwell Pope defended the game at Tatum.
“The only foul. Playoff basketball. This is all I have to say,” he told CLNS media. “I have never heard of any comments (from Horford) and I am not worried about the comments. Ultimately, I play and play in playoff basketball. A hard foul is a hard foul. What someone says is really important to me. You still play how to play for a team at the end of the day. ”
This piece seemed routine at the moment, but Horford points to Caldwell Pope and said it was the third time he’d committed a hard foul in the game. Kristaps Porziņģ was also a huge hit in the magical striker.
Tatum made an X-Ray recording after the game, which returned negatively, but ESPN reported that the MRI showed bone bleeding in the right wrist. Historically, the injury averaged less than one game, and Shams Charania said it was a pain tolerance issue that forces him to miss time.
“I don’t know what happened,” Caldwell Pope said. “For me, I do the shots. As a defender, I’m here to prevent the ball from going to the basket. Whether it’s an open foul or a bad call, whatever he is, I just went up to block the ball.”
Franz Wagner agreed when he spoke with a reporter on the shootaround. He saw how Tatum rose for the dunk and two defenders fought for it and accidentally injured. Wagner hopes that the magic won’t hurt anyone, but they say they won’t let him dig the ball. Coach Jammer Mosley said that the fall caused all the frustration on the Boston side perhaps more than the foul, but he said he hadn’t seen anything bad. He did not talk to Caldwell Pope about the play.
If Tatum missed Game 2 on Wednesday, it’s the first missed playoff game of his career after 11
consecutive appearances. Caldwell Pope said Orlando will continue to play physically and quickly get up to the ground and try to limit sales in Wednesday’s game. Cory Joseph also pointed out the magic of playing faster.
“To be honest, I thought we just went to the ball,” Wagner said. “Sometimes things happen, but to be honest, I didn’t think the lines were crossed.”