Celtics GM Brad Stevens Seen Doing Special Thing for Jayson Tatum Right After Injury

Andy Nesbitt | May 13, 2025

Jayson Tatum left Game 4 with a brutal injury. / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

Jayson Tatum left Game 4 of the Celtics-Knicks series on Tuesday night with very painful injury to his right foot area. While there hasn't yet been an update on the injury and his status going forward, it doesn't seem like he and the Celtics are going to get good news about it.

The injury happened with just over three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Tatum had 42 points at the time and was keeping the Celtics in a very tight game that they ended up losing to fall behind 3–1 in the series.

Tatum was unable to put any weight on his foot and was helped off the court at Madison Square Garden. Once he got near the tunnel, Celtics GM Brad Stevens was seen stepping in and helping his star player get back to the locker room area.

Here's that moment:

Here's a video of Celtics GM Brad Stevens helping Jayson Tatum last night (from u/JeezusChristIII on Celtics subreddit): pic.twitter.com/kayjEw8ypb

— Tomek Kordylewski (@Timi_093) May 13, 2025

That was a pretty special thing for Stevens to do and you know it had to hurt him to see Tatum, a player he has been with since his rookie year, in such pain.

Official news about the injury should be coming out soon. Until then, Celtics fans can only hope for the best but also brace for the worst.

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