The Boston Celtics may form a daunting super team in free agency by trading for a drained Denver Nuggets phenom.

Tatum finished with 32 points (11-22 FG, 4-11 3Pt, 6-8 FT), seven rebounds, five assists, one block and one steal in 48 minutes during Tuesday's 119-117 overtime win over New York. The Celtics went with a short bench Tuesday,

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Madison Square Garden buzzed with anticipation, hearts warmed by nostalgia. One of the Knicks’ own had been immortalized. Fresh off his induction as a first-ballot member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame,

Tatum was one of several Boston players who were listed as questionable for this contest, but the star forward will suit up and handle his regular workload on offense as the Celtics' go-to option on offense.

Mitchell Robinson gets up for a big block on Jayson Tatum's 3-point attempt which turns into a Cameron Payne 3 for the Knicks vs. the Celtics.

The Nuggets only have three games left in the regular season, but they still went ahead and fired Michael Malone anyway.

Boston Celtics ' Joe Mazzulla, who is currently in his third season as the team's head coach, was asked to share his thoughts on Malone's firing ahead of the Celtics ' matchup against the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.

Reactions have been pouring in over the news, but as usual Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla had the most unique, thoughtful and fairly dark take on the matter. Speaking with the press before his team's game against the New York Knicks, Mazzulla said Malone's firing made him consider his own mortality.

News of Michael Malone's Denver Nuggets firing (as well as former general manager Calvin Booth) stunned the NBA world on Tuesday. Though, for anyone paying closer attention to the drama in Denver, it seems this duo's petty infighting about how to properly build a Nuggets championship contender ultimately weighed too much on the Nuggets from top to bottom.

With two regular-season games remaining, the Nuggets (48-32) are tied with the Clippers for the No. 4 playoff seed in the Western Conference.

The Denver Nuggets’ headaches are so many that Nikola Jokic, in the midst of an historic season, couldn’t pinpoint his biggest concern following their latest loss Sunday to the short-handed Indiana Pacers.