A team with N.B.A. championship aspirations fell short against Miami. Tough calls and new contracts await.
Category: Tatum, Jayson (1998- )
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Miami Heat Beat Boston Celtics in Game 7 to Advance to NBA Finals
The Heat are just the second eighth seed to reach the N.B.A. championship series. They beat Boston, the No. 2 seed, in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Boston Celtics Force Game 7 Against Miami Heat With Buzzer-Beater
The Heat let a 3-0 series lead slip away in the Eastern Conference finals with sloppy play, bad shooting and disappearing acts by their stars.
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Boston Celtics Finally Look Like They Want to Beat the Miami Heat
Boston hadn’t looked like the team that went to the N.B.A. finals last season — or like a team that wanted to get there this year.
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Jayson Tatum Shines as Boston Celtics Blow Out 76ers in Game 7
Tatum scored 51 points to help send the Celtics to the Eastern Conference finals, where they will face the Miami Heat.
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Celtics’ Jayson Tatum Overcomes Own Poor Play to Force Game 7
Tatum said after Game 6 that he is “one of the best basketball players in the world.” But for the first three quarters against the 76ers, he sure didn’t look like it.
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Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Talks Free Agency, Activism and Kanye West
The star Celtics guard talks about his career year in the N.B.A., educational inequality and his association with Kanye West.
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The Celtics Won’t Have Inexperience to Blame if They Don’t Win This Year
Boston has superstar leaders, a deep bench, a hot new head coach and recent N.B.A. finals experience. What the team won’t have, if it loses in the postseason, will be excuses.
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Celtics Beat Warriors, Despite Off Night From Jayson Tatum
Boston beat Golden State and has the N.B.A.’s best record. But the Celtics aren’t perfect, and neither is their star.
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The Celtics Have Found a New Way to Be Better Than Everyone Else
Boston was the best defensive team last season en route to the N.B.A. finals. Not so much this year. A scorching offense has helped them to the best record this year.
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Celtics Shake Off N.B.A. Finals Loss With Season-Opening Win
A tough loss to Golden State ended Boston’s championship hopes last season. The lessons from that series are already showing.