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Jayson Tatum shares why he believes Joe Mazzulla is ready to lead the Boston Celtics

Jayson Tatum on how Joe Mazzulla can lead the Celtics: “We’re gonna have to help him. And he’s gonna have to help us. We’re all in this together.”

When the Boston Celtics officially suspended head coach Ime Udoka, the club simultaneously named assistant Joe Mazzulla the interim head coach.  The 34-year old has been with the team since 2019, and has known president of basketball operations for even longer. This will be Mazzulla’s first stint as an NBA head coach.

At Boston’s Media Day All-Star Jayson Tatum shared how he felt about Mazzulla as a coach, especially in this moment. Not only is Mazzulla stepping in as interim coach on extremely short notice, but he’ll be leading a Celtics team eager to make another deep postseason run. Tatum knows it will be a collective effort.

“We’re going to have to help him,” Tatum said. “And he’s going to have to help us.”

New Jayson Tatum Air Jordan “Taco Jays” coming to a store near you soon

The Celtics star’s personal editions from a few years ago will soon be available to the masses.

Evidently, they don’t call him “Taco Jay” for no reason. Boston Celtics superstar forward Jayson Tatum has a pair of shoes to reflect the key visual elements of one of his favorite foods and the inspiration of his nickname, an Air Jordan 36 Nitro “Taco Jay” sneaker designed to pay homage to the Americanized iteration of the popular Mexican staple dish in question.

According to Nice Kick’s Joey Park, the new sneaker in question is a reboot of a Tatum personal edition sneaker already released a few years ago, and should be available for you to pick up (if taco-themed kicks are your jam) in a few more weeks on June 17. “The sneaker uses a Citron Pulse upper that is made of leno-weave which makes the upper durable and breathable with the same hue in suede making up the upper half of the sneaker,” writes Park.

“Green and orange accenting is seen throughout, with Tatum’s Taco logo on the lace pocket and insole. Taco Jay is seen on the heel pulltab with the tongue and tongue pulltab seen in green suede to mimic lettuce on a taco.”

For us at least, it meets the level of “so garish it’s actually great,” but we understand if this unusual sneaker is a bit heavy on the eye holes with this extremely vocal colorway.

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Three takeaways from the Boston Celtics 107-88 Game 2 loss to the Golden State Warriors

The Warriors grabbed a decisive 107-88 victory in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Three take-aways on what went wrong for the Celtics.

The 2022 NBA Finals are knotted up at one game apiece as the Golden State Warriors secured a loud Game 2 victory in San Francisco against the Boston Celtics. The series now heads to Bean Town, where the Celtics will hope to shake off an ugly and resounding loss. Game 3 tips off at 8 pm EST on Wednesday night.

Boston reverted to disappointingly familiar habits in Game 2 in the Bay. They surrendered a massive third-quarter outburst to the Dubs — the Dubs outscored the C’s 19-2 to close the period. The Celtics were careless with the ball and didn’t play to their potential, allowing the Warriors’ role players to really get going. It was ugly.

Stealing Game 1 on the road is still a big advantage for the Celtics. But the club will need to avoid making the same mistakes moving forward if they intended to raise a banner in Boston. Here are the key take-aways for the Boston Celtics from Game 2 of the NBA Finals.