{"id":698946,"date":"2026-06-12T03:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/698946\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T03:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:25:10","slug":"is-jayson-tatum-hurt-watching-the-knicks-in-the-nba-finals-celtics-star-gets-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/698946\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Jayson Tatum \u2018hurt\u2019 watching the Knicks in the NBA Finals? Celtics star gets real"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jayson Tatum<\/a> is like millions of NBA<\/a> fans around the world. He\u2019s enjoying the finals action and gets to watch it inside his home. The Boston Celtics<\/a> star opened up about who he wants to win this year between the New York Knicks<\/a> or San Antonio Spurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He made it clear that he neither roots for or against any of the finalists. Tatum added that he\u2019s not hurt at all seeing the Knicks in the Finals as he has a championship under his belt.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not rooting for anybody, I\u2019m also not rooting against anybody,\u201d Tatum said. \u201cI think it does help that I\u2019ve won a championships already, so helps me sleep a little better at night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tatum and the Celtics won the title in 2024. They defeated the Luka Doncic-led Dallas Mavericks<\/a> 4-1 to capture the franchise\u2019s first championship since 2008. He suffered a ruptured Achilles in 2025 but returned to action after only 10 months.<\/p>\n

\"\"Jayson Tatum and the Celtics\u2019 2025-26 season<\/p>\n

Tatum debuted in the 2025-26 season on March 6. He helped Boston secure the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 56-26 record. However, the Philadelphia 76ers upset them in seven games<\/a> in the opening round.<\/p>\n

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The six-time All-Star forward played in 16 regular-season games. Tatum recorded averages of 21.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 1.4 steals. He will aim to play even better next season and lead the Celtics back to the top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jayson Tatum is like millions of NBA fans around the world. He\u2019s enjoying the finals action and gets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[2242,760,5488,355,361,60519,2085,2113,2116,99,32090],"class_list":["post-698946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-boston-celtics","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-jayson-tatum","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-paul-george","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698946","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=698946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}