Jaylen Brown scored 25 points, Jayson Tatum added 24 and the Boston Celtics rallied past the Los Angeles Clippers 117-113 in overtime when both teams were missing key players.

Derrick White has been one of the Celtics’ most consistent players this season, and his strong play for much of the year even ignited some early All-Star buzz. But he is currently in the midst of a rough shooting slump.

"Honestly, I probably did that for you," Tatum said to a media member. "I thought you would probably like that, see me get angry and (expletive)." The post What Jayson Tatum and Joe Mazzulla said about overtime scuffle appeared first on Boston.

For the sixth consecutive season, Jayson Tatum is headed to the NBA All-Star Game. The Boston Celtics superstar was announced Thursday as one of five Eastern Conference starters, joining Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jalen Brunson, Donovan Mitchell and Karl-Anthony Towns.

The Boston Celtics are set to host the Atlanta Hawks Saturday at TD Garden in what promises to be an exciting matchup. Fresh off a victory against the Orlando M

The Celtics have lost six of their 11 home games during the stretch, after losing four at home all of last season. That includes a fourth-quarter collapse against the Bulls, a blowout loss to the lowly 76ers on Christmas Day, and another blown lead leading overtime loss to the Hawks.

Boston has been inconsistent for weeks — a stark difference from last season’s joyride — but is still among the best defending NBA champions of this century.

"There's no doubt they're vulnerable," Legler said. "They're vulnerable for a variety of reasons. One, it's how good Cleveland is, like they're legitimately a team that is going to give Boston fits if they play eventually in the conference finals,

Anthony Davis, LeBron James and Austin Reaves lead the way as the Lakers make 11 3-pointers during a dominant first half and dismiss the defending champs, 117-96.

After another maddening Celtics loss, Chris Forsberg wonders if action soon must be taken to snap Boston out of its month-long funk.

Also, after not losing a single game by double digits from the start of the season through the end of December, the Celtics have since suffered defeats of 13, 13, 17 and 21 points, all in their last 10 games. Those also were the only games this season in which Boston failed to score 100 points.