In the NBA playoffs, injuries to the history

These are the NBA playoffs of survival, in which not even the stars are safe.

The last blow of this post -season: Jayson Tatum was switched off Monday evening, his season with the defending champion Boston Celtics because of a right Achilles tendon tear, which certainly also misses some of the next season.

Stephen Curry of the Golden State May it no longer have time before his injured knee tendon enables him to play again. Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell deals with an ankle problem. If the season of Los Angeles Lakers had become lower, Lebron James would have been With a knee. And Milwaukees Damian Lillard tore his Achilles, questioned the next season and undoubtedly Ask questions about Giannis Antetocounmpos Future.

In some cases, the Sternmacht has disappeared into different pain, and there is no question that injuries to the history of this post -season become. For Lillard-and now, the problems in the next season or from them the chance to play 2025-26 completely.

“Obviously we want to go out and compete, but when a player of his caliber goes down and he rolls in pain, you know that something is wrong,” said Jalen Brunson, New York Guard Jalen Brunson after seeing Tatum's injury on Monday evening. “Well, that's why I only gave my thoughts and prayers – because you never want to see something like that.”

Injuries are constant and in the regular season some well -known players were forced to close much earlier than they wanted. Philadelphias Joel -Mbiid was basically not right because of the knee problems that Dallas' Kyrie Irving had called up his ACL in March. San Antonios Victor Wembanyama developed a blood clot who developed his season until the end of February, New Orleans' Dejount Murte Murte Murte, in January, in January, in January, in Jany, in January, he became history in January -Long -wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Wagner -Achill -History -History -Long. The Kawhi Leonard from Los Angeles Clipper and New Orleans' Zion Williamson – both were more than half of the season inactive.

Overcoming injuries is only part of the NBA Life, said Bucks Coach Doc Rivers.

“The human spirit is amazing,” said Rivers. “It's really.”

And the hits come again and again in the playoffs. The stars injured the most part of Cleveland's starting line-up was attacked in these playoffs. Even teams who win this do not do this in almost 100% – Brunson is typical to do with an ankle problem and somehow does not slow him down.

“Every year, playoffs are concerned with adaptation, be it a schedule or injury or a list,” said Steve Kerr, coach of Golden State, shortly after Curry was injured in the second round of the Warriors against Minnesota. “So we just have to adapt.”

In the series with 3-1 and a Win-Or-Else game on Wednesday, the Warriors have no time to adapt. There will be an update to Curry's status on Wednesday, said Kerr. It doesn't seem that Curry plays in game 5.

“We won't surpass this thing,” said Warriors striker Draymond Green. “If he is in a place where he can play, I am sure that he will do it.

In a collision with Donte Divincenzo from Minnesota, James was injured late in the leading game of the Lakers of the season, a defeat in game 5 of an opening matchup. James later revealed that he could probably not have continued, even if the lakers won this game because of a knee climbing that did not need an operation, but needed weeks to heal.

“Even if we won game 5 at home, I would probably have missed 6 and 7 and further,” said James His “mind the game” podcast with Steve Nash. “However, I have some time. I have some time to do it right.”

Tatum had an absolute monster game for Boston on Monday: 42 points, eight rebounds, four assists, four steals and two blocked shots – numbers that nobody in the history of Celtics, at least since each of these statistics, had ever ended a game.

These statistics were largely forgotten until the end of the night, given the severity of the injury and what it now means for the Celtics -a team that is sold for a record number of over 6 billion US dollars, is on the way to be able to exceed a potential record content and a luxurious tax bill of $ 500 million in the next season.

Tatum has registered for almost 25,000 minutes in his eight seasons at the Celtics, more than any other player in the NBA about this period of time when both the regular season and playoff games were counted. He was an all-star in six in a row, won two Olympic gold medals and will probably be all-NBA for a fourth season in a row when this team will be announced in the coming weeks.

And in no time on Monday, his story changed drastically.

“He was a great player,” said Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau. “And he is also a great guy.”

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