"Losing to the Knicks feels like death," Jaylen Brown said. "But I was always taught that there’s life after death."

When the Boston Celtics arrived at their team hotel in New York Thursday, Jayson Tatum was waiting to greet his teammates.

Without their superstar Jayson Tatum due to his Achilles Tendon rupture and quick surgery, the Celtics found life with ball movement and fight. Sam Hauser also returned to the rotation after an ankle sprain kept him out for multiple games,