For his play in October and November, the NBA announced that Tatum has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for games played during that timeframe. He joins Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the winner of the Western Conference award.

Jaylen Brown led all scorers with 29 points and also had seven rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the visiting Miami Heat 108-89 on Monday night.

The Stay-Ready Group played a key but often overlooked role in Boston’s success last season. The Celtics were 13-2 when missing two or more of their top six players and 12-2 on the second night of back-to-backs.

The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on NBC Sports Boston and FanDuel Sports Network Sun. Fans looking to watch this NBA game can do so for free by using FuboTV and DirecTV Stream, which both offer a free trial or with SlingTV, which doesn’t offer a free trial but has promotional offers available.

The Boston Celtics firmly dominate the Miami Heat from start to finish. It was reminiscent of their matchup in the 2023 playoffs, where the Heat were also without Jimmy Butler.

The Miami Heat are playing the Boston Celtics on Monday night and will be without their superstar Jimmy Butler, a heavily rumored trade asset, because of a knee injury. Luckily, the severity of the injury isn’t that considered serious,