The Boston Celtics suffered a major loss during their series against The New York Knicks, and it was not the series loss to the Knicks, rather a devastating injury to their franchise superstar, Jayson Tatum.

If a player is seriously injured, his team can apply for the disabled-player exception to replace him. An NBA-designed physician would have to determine that the player is “substantially more like than not” to be out through June 15 next season for it to be granted.

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