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.

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

The Celtics announced Tuesday that Jayson Tatum suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his right foot on Monday against the Knicks.

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,

Jayson Tatum is one of the most accomplished players in the NBA. He finally got the monkey off his back last year by winning his first NBA title. That hasn’t stopped people from criticizing him, though,