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And we're not going to get through for sure.

All of 15 teams will continue with that at a later point, probably tomorrow,

because we just have so much to talk about at the top of the East.

And where we first need to begin is with

Jason Tatum. He's now played two games. What have you made of his performance so far?

Well, just before we forget, I'll do the Celtics stats because I know we'll get into the Tatum

weeds and not get out of it. Um, Celtics are 43 and 21 on the season, a robust 15 and 4 in their last 19 games.

They are second in the NBA, including the glass net rating at plus 8.2, second on offense,

sixth on defense, and ESPN's BPI projects them to make the playoffs 100% of the time

and do so with a 54 and 28 record, which would be second best in the east.

Yeah, and one thing that sticks out in that statistical profile is they were mid-packed in

defense most of the year, and the last month they've been awesome, and that's what's gotten

them up to sixth on defense, and they, of course, got Jason Tatum back.

They played against Cleveland today.

We'll talk specifically about that game momentarily.

But let's just start with what we've seen so far from Jason Tatum specifically in his return.

Before Tatum returned, I expressed my concern, just awareness that, you know, player coming back

this early from an injury that's severe.

You always have that little, that little simmer of doubt.

And I think that Jason Tatum, he assuaged that a lot for me with how he moved, how he played.

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