Tyronn Lue put it perfectly when he said, “ It’s tough because you want to see him [ Jayson Tatum ] do well, but not against you .” And then the universe played a joke on him: the Clippers got clipped 121–118 by a Celtics team that didn’t even have Tatum on the floor. The guy is still rehabbing his Achilles, yet somehow his presence hangs over the game like a plot twist waiting to happen. But here’s the real kicker: Ty and Tatum are family, which makes that quote a whole new level of hilariously honest. You cheer for your people, sure, unless their success means you’re walking out of the arena with an L.

After the game, Lue peeled back the curtain on Jayson Tatum ’s recovery, saying, “ At yeah just being very supportive you know just being positive, just talk about the process and

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