Jayson Tatum appears to be in good spirits after undergoing surgery on his ruptured Achilles, giving fans a thumbs up in his first social media post since Monday's devastating injury.

Los Angeles Lakers fans are very familiar with this injury. It's the same injury that Kobe Bryant suffered back in the 2013 season, also late in the season. Tatum idolized Bryant growing up, calling him his favorite player as a kid. Now that he has suffered the same injury as his idol, fans have compared the two getting the same injury.

Bill Simmons had an expected reaction to Jayson Tatum’s achilles injury in Game 4 of the Celtics-Knicks series.

Sam Hauser is available for the Celtics. No Knicks players are on the injury report. The game tips at 7 p.m. on TNT.

Jayson Tatum took to Instagram on Wednesday to share his first words since he ruptured his Achilles tendon. “Thankful for all the love and support,” the Boston Celtics star captioned the photo of him in a hospital bed giving a thumbs up with his right leg heavily casted.

The Celtics will be noticeably short-handed, as they will be without their All-NBA forward Jayson Tatum. Tatum went down in the closing minutes of Game 4 with a non-contact injury, later deemed to be a ruptured Achilles.

Rutgers star Ace Bailey models his offensive game after a trio of standout NBA scorers. At the NBA draft combine, Bailey cited the Philadelphia 76ers' Paul George and Boston Celtics' Jayson Tatum as inspirations for their shot creation. He also loves the mid-range ability of Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant:

The Celtics are in a 3-1 series hole after dropping Game 4 on Monday in Madison Square Garden, shellshocked not only by the loss of Tatum but by the reality of facing elimination when the plan was to repeat as champions.