{"id":619749,"date":"2026-05-02T19:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/619749\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T19:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:02:09","slug":"celtics-list-jayson-tatum-as-questionable-hours-ahead-of-game-7-vs-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/619749\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics list Jayson Tatum as questionable hours ahead of Game 7 vs. 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Celtics<\/p>\n

Jayson Tatum sat out the final 16 minutes of Game 6. Bill Streicher \/ Imagn Images<\/p>\n

May 2, 2026Updated 2:04 pm EDT<\/p>\n

The Boston Celtics added Jayson Tatum to the injury report as questionable with left knee stiffness, hours before Game 7 of the team\u2019s first-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday. Tatum had previously not been listed on the report.<\/p>\n

Though Tatum could be seen in discomfort during parts of Game 6, he downplayed the issue after the game, saying he expected to play in Game 7. Coach Joe Mazzulla echoed those comments during a conference call on Friday.<\/p>\n

Tatum sat out the final 16 minutes of Game 6. Normally, after resting for the final four minutes of the third quarter, he would have returned to the court to begin the fourth quarter. Instead, he remained on the bench with the Celtics trailing by 19 points. The other starters were pulled not long afterward.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was my other leg,\u201d Tatum said. \u201cSo not the one I injured last year. I wasn\u2019t like overly concerned. S\u2014, I came out at four minutes like I was supposed to and just kind of assessed the game. And they took the starters out fairly early in the fourth quarter. So yeah, it was not like that big of a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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