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NBA Hall Of Famer Drops Truth Bomb On Celtics In Wake Of Jayson Tatum's Return

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NBA Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady kept it real when discussing the Boston Celtics' performance in the wake of Jayson Tatum's injury return.

NBA Hall Of Famer Drops Truth Bomb On Celtics In Wake Of Jayson Tatum's Return originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Celtics saw their four-game win streak come to an end on Sunday night, as they suffered an ugly 102-92 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, who were playing this one without superstar guard Anthony Edwards.

A 15-point fourth quarter doomed the C's, as they struggled to generate any sort of rhythm on offense late in this game. While the Celtics have generally looked solid since getting Jayson Tatum back from a torn Achilles tendon, they have gone through spurts where they appear confused on offense. If you ask NBA Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady, he thinks that Tatum's sudden return has created some issues that Boston is going to have to work through.

“I don’t want to say it seems out of whack, but their shooting has gone down since he’s been here," McGrady said after the C's latest loss. "It’s really like ‘guys, what are we doing here? Are we running the same stuff that we ran before?

Are we still on the same page? Or are we divided because we’re not playing our same game? ’ I’m sure there’s a lot mentally that these guys are going through because of the insertion of JT.