Jayson Tatum hasn't even played 55 minutes for the Celtics, but his impact on the team is already obvious. He looks very much like himself, with little apprehension.
Six-time All-Star Jayson Tatum has defied the odds to return from an Achilles injury in less than 10 months, despite reservations about his inclusion in a settled and in form Boston Celtics.
The Boston Celtics are buzzing at the moment. While the team has been looking quite polished, the team now has Jayson Tatum coming into the mix. With the rumors going on for a long time, Bill Simmons’ prediction of his return has now come true.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
Over their last 15 games, the Cavaliers were the number 1 offense in the NBA while the Celtics were the number 1 defense — a real clash of the titans matchup where only one could prevail, and this match went to Boston.
The winds may be starting to blow in a different direction in the Eastern Conference. All season long, the Detroit Pistons have reigned atop the Eastern Conference.
Since being selected by the Boston Celtics as the No. 30 pick of the 2024 NBA draft, Baylor Scheierman has quietly established himself as an important contributor in Joe Mazzulla’s rotation.
Derrick White provided his stance on the chemistry between Boston Celtics’ superstar duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Tatum and Brown have been teammates since the 2017-18 campaign, going nine years and counting.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
Eight minutes into the third quarter, Baylor Scheierman chased down Payton Pritchard’s missed 3-pointer and slapped the rebound back to him. The extra effort led to a feed to a wide-open Sam Hauser, who buried a second-chance three to give the Celtics a 26-point lead and forced a Cavaliers timeout.
Some games are complicated. This one was not. The Cavaliers simply could not make a shot when it mattered most, and the Boston Celtics happily took advantage in a 109-98 road win Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon, the Boston Celtics continued their winning ways with a relatively comfortable road win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. This marked the second game back from his Achliees injury for star Jayson Tatum, who scored 20 points in what was a defensive clinic for Boston.
The Boston Celtics have gotten a boost over the weekend with the return of Jayson Tatum from an Achilles injury that kept him out of action for 10 months.
Random dribbles from the Cavaliers’ 109-98 home loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday. 1. It’s hard to win at basketball when you can’t pull the ball through that little orange sphere.
Boston Celtics center Nikola Vucevic could miss the rest of the regular season following surgery to repair a broken right ring finger. The injury occurred during the first quarter of Friday's 120-100 victory against the visiting Dallas Mavericks.
Just being out there 10 months after an Achilles tear was an achievement in and of itself, but Tatum's actual performance on Friday night was historic in nature as well.
Veteran center Nikola Vucevic fractured the ring finger on his right (shooting) hand and will miss the remainder of Friday’s game vs. Dallas, the Celtics announced (via Twitter).