The roar of Madison Square Garden turned into collective silence in an instant. Jayson Tatum, who had just erupted for 42 points in Game 4 against the Knicks, fell to the floor in excruciating pain—with no one around him. It was the kind of moment that stops basketball, the kind that shakes even the most battle-tested fans, players, and legends.
Tatum lay clutching his right ankle, writhing, before trainers helped him off the floor. His ankle, observers noted, appeared completely immobilized. “Jayson Tatum is spinning on the floor in pain,” tweeted Jared Weiss. “He is writhing in serious pain right now. Trainers have just carried him back to the locker room.”
Dr. Evan Jeffries, a DPT and well-known injury analyst, shared a grim early take: “With that step back on the right and his reaction the fear would be for an Achilles tear. Let’s hope the video lies.”
NBA stars reacted in real time. “Prayers up man…” tweeted Patrick Mahomes. LeBron James simply wrote: “ Big Deuce.”
(This is a developing story…)
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