Celtics star Jayson Tatum won't be far from Madison Square Garden when Boston faces a must-win situation against the New York Knicks on Friday night as the defending champions attempt to force a deciding Game 7.

When the Boston Celtics arrived at their team hotel in New York Thursday, Jayson Tatum was waiting to greet his teammates.

Without their superstar Jayson Tatum due to his Achilles Tendon rupture and quick surgery, the Celtics found life with ball movement and fight. Sam Hauser also returned to the rotation after an ankle sprain kept him out for multiple games,