Tatum's Return: 26 Points, Celtics Win

0:00It's March 28, Boston Celtics news today starts now, AI powered and ready for kickoff. Jason Tatum is turning heads again after that brutal Achilles tear from last season's playoffs. The Boston Celtics star dropped the season high 26 points on 8 of 24 shooting, grabbed 12 rebounds, dish 5 assists, and hit 2-3s in 37 minutes during his 10th game back. It powered Boston to a 109-102 win over the Atlanta Hawks. This was his first matchup without teammate Jalen Brown, who's nursing his own Achilles issue. Tatum grinded through the summer and his whole 2025-26 season just to suit up now, ignoring talk about delaying until next year. He got real about a postgame, saying he's been on contendersquas before, and won't pass up a shot at another ring. Basketball's his life. He missed it bad during rehab and jumped back in, rusting all, to battle alongside his crew. That hard work paid off big time, it's his best outing since returning,

1:01and he looks primed to peak right as the playoffs heat up. Celtics sit at 49-24, still four games back of the Detroit pistons for the East Top Seed, but with Tatum heating up, there. Locked in for the stretch run.