{"id":647769,"date":"2026-05-03T22:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/647769\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:37:14","slug":"jayson-tatum-knee-out-against-76ers-in-game-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/647769\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayson Tatum (knee) out against 76ers in Game 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2182390\" class=\"wp-image-2182390 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tatum-maxey-1920-2272334474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2182390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jayson Tatum had 17 points and injured his left knee in Boston\u2019s 106-93 Game 6 loss in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Celtics star Jayson Tatum was ruled out for Game 7 against Philadelphia on Saturday night with left knee stiffness.<\/p>\n<p>The team announced the news about 90 minutes before the start of the winner-take-all first-round matchup. The 76ers won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phi-vs-bos-0042500117\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">109-100<\/a>, advancing to challenge the Knicks in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/east-semifinal-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eastern Conference semifinals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just came in today with knee discomfort. The medical team and myself decided for him not to play,\u201d coach Joe Mazzulla said during his pregame meeting with reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics started Ron Harper Jr. and Baylor Scheierman alongside Derrick White, Jaylen Brown and Luka Garza.<\/p>\n<p>Tatum briefly left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/bos-vs-phi-0042500116\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston\u2019s Game 6 loss<\/a> in the third quarter for unspecified treatment to his calf. Tatum is just 22 games into his return from the torn right Achilles tendon injury he suffered in last season\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>After Game 6, Tatum said that his leg was only feeling \u201ca little stiff.\u201d He said following a quick assessment and some time on the exercise bike he didn\u2019t return because the game was out of hand and the starters had already been pulled.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Injury Report Update:<\/p>\n<p>Jayson Tatum \u2013 Left Knee Stiffness \u2013 OUT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mncFbkO6lQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/mncFbkO6lQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/2050692708499337300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jayson Tatum had 17 points and injured his left knee in Boston\u2019s 106-93 Game 6 loss in Philadelphia.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,313495,85],"class_list":["post-647769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-jayson-tatum-knee","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}