Orlando Magic-Boston Celtics Game 2 Injury Report: Jayson Tatum Out

The latest on player injuries and status for the Orlando Magic and Boston Celtics, who listed Jayson Tatum as doubtful for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series on Wednesday.

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) gets fouled by Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. (34) during the second half at TD Garden. | Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images

BOSTON – Jayson Tatum has been ruled out for Wednesday night's Game 2 between the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic, the Celtics said before tipoff. It is his first career missed playoff game.

Ahead of their matchup, the Celtics listed Tatum as doubtful on the team's Tuesday injury report because of a right distal radius bone bruise.

Tatum took hard contact from the Magic's Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Wendell Carter Jr. at the 8:28 mark in the fourth quarter of Sunday's Game 1, which resulted in Tatum falling to the court at TD Garden. He remained down for a few moments before eventually being helped to his feet.

Caldwell-Pope was tagged with a Flagrant 1 foul upon further official review. Speaking with Boston reporters Tuesday, Celtics center Al Horford said he believed there was something extra to Caldwell-Pope's foul.

Tatum eventually stayed in the game. Postgame on Sunday, he told reporters his wrist was okay, that the pain was "throbbing for a second" but eventually subsided. An X-ray on his wrist came back clean, he said.

Back to Tuesday, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said Tatum was considered day-to-day. Boston's coach had no other updates during his pregame availability on Wednesday.

The Celtics are 8-2 when Tatum doesn't play this year, but both of those losses came to the Magic.

Asked pregame Wednesday how the Magic are different with or without Tatum in the lineup, Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said: "He's such an unbelievable scoring threat; obviously, the other guys pick up the slack there. Usually, it's Al Horford who gets the nod, so then there's size, there's rebounding, there's switchability that Tatum still possesses, but just his veteran presence on the court changes the game for them as well. So, we've seen that before, but the ability is that the other guys pick up the slack even more so in that case."

Tatum missed a loss in December because of a last-minute illness. He, along with the other regular Boston starters, sat out the other loss near the tail end of the regular season.

Boston leads the series with Orlando, 1-0.

Ahead of the 7 p.m. tipoff Wednesday night, here's the full injury report for each team.

Orlando Magic Injury Report

• Jalen Suggs: Out (left knee trochlea cartilage tear)
• Moe Wagner: Out (torn left ACL)

Nothing is out of the ordinary for the Magic heading into the contest.

Boston Celtics Injury Report

• Jayson Tatum: Out (right distal radius bone bruise)

Tatum is the only Celtics player listed on Boston's injury report.

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