Celtics' loss to 76ers will mean more work for 'still-rehabbing' Jayson Tatum

BOSTON — This “gentleman’s sweep” business is a nice piece of 21st-century NBA jargon that gets put to service whenever a very good team allows a winnable playoff game to slip away. But for Jayson Tatum and the 2025-26 Boston Celtics, the term is inappropriate language.That we’re even having this discussion is because the Philadelphia 76ers emerged with a 111-97 victory over the Celtics on Tuesday night at TD Garden in Game 2 of this opening-round playoff series. The Celtics had positioned themselves for a sweep after rolling to a 123-91 victory in Game 1, but it was something Tatum said after that laugher that wasn’t all that funny at the time and is even less so now.Advertisement