VIDEO: Jayson Tatum Injury for Team USA in Slow Motion Should Worry Celtics Fans

Boston Celtics fans were given a major scare on Tuesday morning as star forward Jayson Tatum went down with an ankle injury in overtime during Team USA's group stage matchup with Turkey. While running down the court, Tatum appears to have stepped on someone's foot, causing the 21-year-old to roll his ankle.

Here's Jayson Tatum's ankle injury at the end of Team USA's win over Turkey. pic.twitter.com/IrUadQz1DE
— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) September 3, 2019

Tatum needed to be escorted off the court and was helped into Team USA's locker room, while the team managed to edge out Turkey by one point-- thanks to the hustle play from Tatum, who found Khris Middleton for the game-winner.

It's always scary to see a franchise cornerstone go down with an injury, especially while playing for the National Team. While this was nowhere near as bad as Paul George's gruesome injury from a few years ago, it still sent shivers down the spines of Celtics fans.

Jayson Tatum hurt his left ankle in the final seconds of Team USA's win, after making a really nice play to drop the ball off to Khris Middleton on a break for what wound up being a game-winning play. Hopefully it looked worse than it winds up being.
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) September 3, 2019

While Tatum was in pain after the injury, it looks more likely that this was a rolled ankle rather than a truly significant ailment.