Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum missed a playoff game for the first time in his career Wednesday night, sitting out with a bone bruise in his right wrist as Boston beat the Orlando Magic in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.
The six-time All-Star was declared out about an hour before tipoff. He had been listed as doubtful with the injury, which he suffered in the Celtics' 103-86 Game 1 victory Sunday.
Boston was fine without Tatum. All-Star Jaylen Brown led the way with 36 points and 10 rebounds as the Celtics won 109-100.
Tatum was not on the court for the pregame shooting that he usually does alongside Brown. He joined his teammates in the bench area just before tipoff, wearing street clothes and a black wrap around his injured wrist. He cheered at times during the action and spoke with teammates, trainers and coaches during timeouts.
Tatum had played in all 114 possible playoff games during his eight seasons in Boston. He played in 72 games during the regular season, leading the Celtics in points, assists and rebounds per game. The Celtics were 8-2 without Tatum in the regular season, according to ESPN Research.
During his media availability about two hours before the game, coach Joe Mazzulla said Tatum had been able to do some on-court work Wednesday.
"I know he's doing everything he can to put himself in position to play," Mazzulla said. "He'll be day to day."
Tatum was injured during a midair collision with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Wendell Carter Jr. while driving for a two-handed dunk in the fourth quarter Sunday. He landed hard on his right wrist on the play, for which Caldwell-Pope was called for a flagrant foul, but remained in the game.
Tatum finished with 17 points on 8-of-22 shooting to go along with a game-high 14 rebounds but was seen favoring his wrist.
Tatum said afterward that an initial throbbing pain went away. A postgame X-ray came back clean.
He participated in parts of Boston's practice session Tuesday. An MRI that day revealed the bone bruise.
Celtics veteran Al Horford, who started in Tatum's place Wednesday night, took exception to the play, reiterating his belief that the Magic stepped over the line with their physicality on Tatum.
"Yeah, there was something extra," Horford said Tuesday. "There was a lot. It was the second or third time that -- especially [Caldwell-Pope] -- went at him in that way."
The best-of-seven series shifts to Orlando for Game 3 on Friday.
ESPN's Baxter Holmes and The Associated Press contributed to this report.