After scraping by to beat New Orleans, Jayson Tatum and head coach Joe Mazzulla had some things to say about the current state of the team. “Maybe you don’t want to play your best basketball at the beginning of January,

Just ahead of Dallas Mavericks star wing Luka Doncic (who is unlikely to win the award based on his injury history so far this season) and just behind Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, the ranking feels about right for Tatum, who has certainly not been playing the best ball of his current campaign in recent weeks.

Jayson Tatum is expected to take the court on Tuesday against Toronto as his name does not appear on the injury report.

We've got another exciting Atlantic Division matchup on Wednesday's NBA schedule as the Toronto Raptors will host the Boston Celtics. Toronto is 9-31 overall and 8-13 at home, while Boston is 28-11 overall and 14-4 on the road.

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Either way, they took down Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors 104-101 as 5-point home underdogs. Things get a little more difficult because the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics are next in line, and oddsmakers have the Raptors as massive 14.5-point pups tonight.

On Wednesday night, the Boston Celtics will be in Canada to play the Toronto Raptors. For the game, the Celtics have announced their injury report. The Celtic

Where do we see a team that is currently on pace to win slightly less than 60 games ending up in terms of total wins?