BOSTON — A procession of Celtics staffers approached Jayson Tatum at his locker after they lost a second straight game to open the Eastern Conference finals against the eighth-seeded Miami Heat.
"We have to win both games in Miami. That's the job."
"Crazier stories have been written."
Tatum sat with the task of having to win four of five games in the series long after his teammates filed out of Friday's 111-105 loss to the Heat, finally emerging from the locker room 80 minutes from the final buzzer.
"It's a challenge," said Tatum, who ran his fourth-quarter shooting numbers to 0-for-3 from the field through two games.