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Greetings, from Boston this weekend, where I’ll be catching a surprisingly relevant matchup between the Celtics and Raptors on Friday followed by Victor Wembanyama’s lone trip to the (TD) Garden. Boston, even after a disappointing loss to shorthanded Denver on Wednesday, is the NBA’s best story. And if Jayson Tatum returns—and everyone around him continues to insist he plans to try—the Celtics are a true threat to win the Eastern Conference.
