Is Jayson Tatum (right knee) playing tonight vs the Miami Heat? Get the latest Boston Celtics injury updates and odds just ahead of tip-off from South Beach.

Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum said the NBA is in a better place when Boston and Los Angeles are two top teams.

Jayson Tatum is the face of the Boston Celtics. He is their best player and is the first player you think of when you think of the modern-day Celtics. Tatum is the best overall player that the Celtics have, even though Jaylen Brown is also really good. Brown is the reigning NBA Finals MVP, but Tatum is still the face of the Celtics.

Behind the NBA's hottest new duo, LeBron James and Luka Dončić, the Los Angeles Lakers entered Saturday night's showdown with the Boston Celtics on an eight-game winning streak that had vaulted them up the Western Conference standings and firmly into the championship conversation.

The Boston Celtics will visit the Miami Heat on Friday at Kaseya Center. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are questionable on the team’s injury report. Tatum is dealing with right knee tendinopathy, while Brown is tending to a right knee posterior impingement.

The Boston Celtics dropped a crucial game on Friday night to the one team ahead of them in the Eastern Conference standings, the Cleveland Cavaliers, 123-116.

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has no interest in resting before the coming NBA playoffs despite lingering injury concerns.

Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics reacts after making a basket against the Philadelphia 76ers during the first quarter at the TD Garden on Ma