Late in the fourth quarter, Jayson Tatum went down with a non-contact leg injury. The kind you never want to see.
Injuries are the worst part of professional sports.
Players spend their entire lives sacrificing, grinding, and working on their games. If they’re lucky, they make it to the big leagues. However, the higher level you reach, the greater the risk of injury. It’s the nature of the beast. Still, that doesn’t stop it from sucking.
From a fan’s perspective, you spend years, even decades, rooting for someone, watching them grow and mature in the search for greatness.