Jayson Tatum taken off in a wheelchair after suffering worrying non-contact injury in NBA playoff showdown

Boston Celtics fans were near fearing the worst for superstar Jayson Tatum aft helium was taken disconnected successful a wheelchair aft suffering a non-contact wounded against the Knicks.

Tatum wasn't touched arsenic helium reached for the shot successful the 4th quarter, instantly falling to the level and clutching his close ankle.

Trainers rushed onto the tribunal to be to the Celtics' prima antheral during Game 4 of the NBA's Eastern Conference semifinal showdown, arsenic helium thrashed astir successful agony.

After a fewer minutes, Tatum was helped disconnected the court, and ESPN's TV cameras showed him being taken to the locker country successful a wheelchair.

In the clip, Tatum held his hands to his look and appeared to shriek successful agony.

On societal media, an relationship called @GameInjuryDoc who claims to beryllium a doc of carnal therapy, reported that the mode Tatum fell to the tribunal signaled a imaginable Achilles tear. 

The Celtics are 3-1 down successful the best-of-seven bid arsenic it heads backmost to Boston, but determination are present superior concerns that Tatum's play is over.

In the crippled itself connected Monday night, the Knicks sealed an awesome 121-113 triumph to enactment themselves successful the driving spot up of Game 5.

The Knicks are present 1 crippled distant from getting backmost to the Eastern Conference Finals for the archetypal clip since 2000. 

Tatum, 27, had been successful the mediate of 1 of his champion vocation games, scoring 42 points with 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks.

He was 16/28 from the tract and 7/16 from three-point scope successful 40 minutes connected the court.

The Athletic reported that his ankle was 'completely mobilized' by trainers arsenic helium was taken to the locker room, and it is expected that helium volition acquisition scans successful an contiguous bid to diagnose the issue. 

More to follow.