BOSTON -- Just one game into this year's NBA Cup, the Boston Celtics are already facing an uphill battle in their quest to make it to Las Vegas. The Celtics were completely outplayed by the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night, and have a lot of work to do to simply make it to the Knockout round of the NBA's second annual in-season tournament.

The Atlanta Hawks got the biggest upset of the NBA season on Tuesday night when they took down the Boston Celtics in Boston as 16-point underdogs. Not only was

The Cleveland Cavaliers don’t play their first game in the NBA Cup’s group stage until they host the Chicago Bulls later this week. Unfortunately, the Cavs beating the Bulls in Chicago didn’t count toward Cleveland’s NBA Cup standings.

Celtics forward Jayson Tatum is a superstar who is also very good at throwing a ball through a rim from 15 feet away, so when he is on the court when a technical foul is called against the opponent, there is rarely debate or discussion.