The Hawks will be painfully shorthanded for Tuesday's NBA Cup game vs. the Celtics, with Trae Young and others landing on the injury report

BOSTON -- Just one game into this year's NBA Cup, the Boston Celtics are already facing an uphill battle in their quest to make it to Las Vegas. The Celtics were completely outplayed by the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night, and have a lot of work to do to simply make it to the Knockout round of the NBA's second annual in-season tournament.

The Boston Celtics fell to the Atlanta Hawks 117-116 Wednesday night at TD Garden. This was the first game for Boston in the 2024 NBA Cup. Boston will play four total games during Group Play of the tournament,

Tatum notched 36 points and 10 assists, but fell one rebound shy of the triple-double. The post Jayson Tatum opts out of a triple-double as Celtics crush Nets: 9 takeaways appeared first on Boston.com.

In the final moments of the Boston Celtics 117-116 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night on the opening night of the Emirates NBA Cup, an inbounds pass from Jrue Holiday was missed by Jayson Tatum,

When Boston Celtics All-NBA power forward Jayson Tatum scored his seventh and eighth points against the Atlanta Hawks in Tuesday night's ongoing Emirates NBA Cup matchup against the Atlanta Hawks, he further enshrined himself among the franchise's all-time legends.