Amid the anguish following the lower leg injury Celtics forward Jayson Tatum suffered Monday night, outsiders clung to at least a glimmer of hope. Maybe it wasn’t as bad as it looked. Maybe the NBA’s most durable superstar had avoided the worst.

Boston Celtics superstar forward Jayson Tatum suffered a torn Achilles on Monday night against the New York Knicks.

The Celtics had just turned the ball over with about three minutes left and as Tatum lunged forward toward the loose ball, his leg gave out and he went down. He buried his face in a towel in obvious pain while grabbing at his leg above the ankle after the non-contact injury.

Boston Celtics superstar power forward Jayson Tatum is done for the year after tearing his right Achilles tendon. Shams Charania of ESPN, that the six-time All-Star had surgery to address the injury,

Jayson Tatum has undergone successful surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon, the Boston Celtics announced Tuesday.

Jalen Brunson had a message for Jayson Tatum after his terrible injury, for which he interrupted the first question during his press conference.

Jayson Tatum’s potentially serious lower left leg injury cast a pall over the second round. Tatum collapsed to the ground in the fourth quarter of the Celtics’ Game 4 loss to the New York Knicks and had to be carried off the court after he was writhing in pain and grabbing at the back of his ankle.

It’s one thing to argue Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum isn’t the NBA MVP, but Colin Cowherd just put him in the running for LVP. If the New York Knicks want to upset the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals,