{"id":507673,"date":"2026-03-06T17:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/507673\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:52:08","slug":"how-to-watch-jayson-tatum-return-tonight-channel-live-stream-start-time-for-celtics-vs-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/507673\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch Jayson Tatum Return Tonight: Channel, Live Stream & Start Time for Celtics vs. Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wait is finally over, Celtics<\/a> fans. Jayson Tatum is back.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported<\/a> that the six-time All-Star is expected to return on Friday night when Boston faces Dallas at the TD Garden. Tatum will rejoin the rotation nearly 10 months after he underwent surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon.<\/p>\n

While Tatum will have to build up his conditioning before the playoffs, his presence on both ends of the floor should raise Boston’s ceiling. How will he perform in his season debut?<\/p>\n

Here is everything you need to know about Celtics vs. Mavericks, including TV and streaming options for Friday’s game.<\/p>\n

How to watch Jayson Tatum return tonight: TV channel, live stream for Celtics vs. MavericksTV channel:\u00a0NBC Sports Boston (local), ESPN (national)Live stream:\u00a0ESPN app<\/a><\/p>\n

Celtics vs. Mavericks will air locally on NBC Sports Boston and nationally on ESPN. The game will also be available to stream on the ESPN app<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now you can watch ESPN without cable. Stream live NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and college sports, plus “SportsCenter,” “First Take” and all your favorite ESPN shows \u2014 anytime, anywhere \u2014 only in the new ESPN app<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For those looking to follow the game on the radio, the local broadcast will air on\u00a098.5 The Sports Hub.<\/p>\n

Celtics vs. Mavericks start timeDate: Friday, March 6Time: 7 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Celtics vs. Mavericks is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, March 6. The game will be played at the TD Garden in Boston.<\/p>\n

Boston Celtics schedule 2025-26<\/p>\n

Here is the upcoming schedule for the Celtics:<\/p>\n

DateOpponentTime (ET)March 6vs. Mavericks7 p.m.March 8at Cavaliers1 p.m.March 10at Spurs8 p.m.March 12at Thunder9:30 p.m.March 14vs. Wizards6 p.m.Dallas Mavericks schedule 2025-26<\/p>\n

Here is the upcoming schedule for the Mavericks:<\/p>\n

DateOpponentTime (ET)March 6at Celtics7 p.m.March 8at Raptors6 p.m.March 10at Hawks7:30 p.m.March 12at Grizzlies8 p.m.March 13vs. Cavaliers7:30 p.m.More Celtics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wait is finally over, Celtics fans. Jayson Tatum is back. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that the six-time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-507673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}