Pierce: I thought of a tear of the Achilles tendon at that time. I feel sad for Tatum and the Celtics.

May 14th, Celtics officially announced that Tatum had successfully undergone a rupture repair surgery for right Achilles tendon.

Today, Celtics legend Pierce talked about Tatum's injury on a TV show: "My initial reaction is - I feel that the air in my house has been pulled away, and the air in the entire arena has been pulled away. Look at the expression on his face, when a player is injured, you can tell that the injury is serious. When I see his performance, I know that the situation is not good.

"Because he is playing a game that we will talk about for a long time, he is carrying the Celtics and is expected to score 50 points. Until that moment, you saw him grabbing the wound with his hands. Usually I want to see if he stepped on someone else's foot, so I grabbed my ankle. Today we got the exact news that he had a torn Achilles tendon. I thought of this at that time, and the scene also seemed to be the case. I saw that when he left the field, he couldn't bear the weight, and was carried out of the field, and then he got into a wheelchair, and I knew that the injury was bad.

"I feel sad for Jason and the Celtics because you don't want to lose your star because of this injury. So, I want to comfort his family and the team, you don't want to see this happening to the star. I hope he can recover from it, I don't know the specific recovery process, but we've seen Durant's recovery recently, and even the older Kobe has performed well after returning from this injury. I hope he can recover smoothly. I hope the Celtics can continue to fight in the playoffs, the game is not over yet."