"Losing to the Knicks feels like death," Jaylen Brown said. "But I was always taught that there’s life after death."

The Celtics put basketball to the side. For a brief period of time, all they were concerned with was Jayson Tatum as a human.

The Boston Celtics will try to keep their season alive on Friday without their best player available. Jayson Tatum is now expected to miss up to nine months--and possibly more--after the six-time All-Star underwent surgery to repair his ruptured Achilles tendon.