Jayson Tatum was helped off the court late in Game 4 after an apparent leg injury on this play. pic.twitter.com/UF8D4mxqlo After the injury, love poured in for Tatum. That started with the Knicks players after the game.

These are the NBA playoffs of survival, where not even the stars are safe. The latest huge blow to this postseason: Jayson Tatum was wheeled off Monday night, with every preliminary indication there being that he won’t be around to finish this season with the defending champion Boston Celtics.

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.

As the final minutes Game 4 played on inside Madison Square Garden, Jayson Tatum sat in a wheelchair, hands over his face, while being wheeled to an area for further evaluation. Not long before,