When Jayson Tatum suffered an Achilles tendon injury against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the ...

Then, aside from an outspoken clash with Nike and USA Basketball managing director Grant Hill, the good news kept on rolling.

There is plenty more to criticize about this game and not too much to praise, but we'll do our best to glean what we can from a historically bad Celtics performance, given the import of the contest.

The Celtics struggled throughout the night with ... the arc — were outscored by 16 in the second half … and lost the game by just three points.