Joe Mazzulla Talks Jayson Tatum’s Injury & Game 4 Loss to the Knicks | 2025 NBA Playoffs

Joe Mazzulla Talks Jayson Tatum’s Injury & Game 4 Loss to the Knicks | 2025 NBA Playoffs

Uh, no, not yet. I know it’s a lower body injury. He’s going to get an MRI tomorrow. He’s with the doctors now. Do any tests on track? Uh, I I didn’t ask him. I just got the update from him. Uh, I just asked him how he was doing. So, look at the MRI tomorrow and, you know, we’ll see what it is. How concerned is that for you guys right now? Uh, yeah. I mean, you’re obviously always concerned about someone’s health. Um, so, you know, it’s twofold. We’re concerned about uh his health uh where he’s at and then we’re concerned about what we have to do better uh for game five when we get back to Boston. Duke Joe, was it the Achilles or was it the ankle itself and was it contact because there was some contact. I have no idea. Uh I got back there, talked to the medical staff, they told me it’s a lower body injury and they’re going to get an MRI tomorrow. So, you know, we’ll see what it where it goes from there. Gary I mean to see him he’s the guy he’s hurt he gets up when he doesn’t get up he’s staying down how does that make you feel how does it how does that impact the team that he just he couldn’t get up on his own yeah um you know obviously you’re always worried about uh someone’s health so the fact that he had to be carried off uh you know like you said you know he’s the type of guy that when he gets right up so he didn’t and um you know we we’ll we’ll know tomorrow exactly what it is. But uh yeah, I mean it’s tough to watch, you know, a guy like him get carried off like that. Are you Rob and Jack? Did you Did you have a chance to talk to him at all? Uh no, I didn’t. No. And how was um you know, just reaction in the locker room like what is the Yeah, I mean tonight you know we just didn’t play well defensively and you know we’re in a hole and you know we got to get back to Boston and and you know we got to we got to figure out a way to win. So uh Nick’s played great tonight. Uh we had stretches of playing well and uh they got the best of us especially in that third quarter uh with their pace, their offensive execution and I thought their uh their pressure took us out of you know a lot of our actions and took away our rhythm and uh you know we have to fix that for next game. Jack no focus of the game was something like that at the end of it but in that fourth quarter they were getting mid-range a lot. It felt like you guys were getting a lot of stuff. Was that something that they were doing? Was it like a adjustments like what did you see happen when they just kept making like what seemed like pretty tough passes? Uh yeah, I mean uh we went to a couple different coverages. I think it was the rebounding in the transition that got us. Uh you know, obviously, you know, Brunson’s a great player and Obby and Bridges separated it uh you know, with their scoring and and you know, they they beat us on the boards. I think they won the shot margin tonight and like I said in the third quarter, I thought uh they’re switching their their uh their pre-switches um you know, slowed us down a bit and uh you know, got the best of our pace in the third quarter. John, Bobby, Joe, just felt like a common theme here. came one, two, and this game. Maybe the lead wasn’t quite as big, but it just felt like the Knicks got into a rhythm that you could never break. Uh, what goes into that and and why has a team like yours has been so good defensively? What’s kind of prevented you from getting the stops that you need? Uh, yeah, I mean, they’re a good offensive team, so I think a lot of it had to do with uh, you know, the rebounding and the transition uh, because of, you know, our offensive execution at times and, uh, you know, their guys stepped up. They made plays today. With your season on the line and the concerns about Jason, there’s obviously a veteran group, but how do you get them ready to fight for game five for their season? I mean, they’ll be ready. I mean, uh, that’s just who they are. Uh, it’s been that way. Um, you know, it’s the locker room that they have and they’ll be ready. So, uh, you know, you trust the character of the guys in moments like this and you take it one game at a time. Coupin. uh he we wasn’t in the in the bonus as much as uh we were at other times. They did a good job of taking him out right before. Uh we just didn’t have the opportunity didn’t present itself as much as it did the other two games. Question. Thanks.

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla gives an update on Jayson Tatum after his leg injury in the 4th quarter of Game 4 against the New York Knicks.

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