Jayson Tatum Overcomes the Poor Play of Jayson Tatum, and the Celtics Survive

As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. 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. PHILADELPHIA — At the end of one of the stranger games of his career, Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics pounded the ball against the court as the final seconds elapsed. The sound of those hard dribbles — each a...