The technical foul Jayson Tatum picked up during the second half of Thursday night’s Celtics win should not have been called, according to the NBA.

Jayson Tatum made a statement for the Boston Celtics on Thursday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. On a night when the Celtics didn't have Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis for a tough road tilt,

Tatum led the way for a shorthanded Celtics team as they opened a brutal road trip with a 118-115 victory over the Timberwolves.

After an unusually turbulent December, Boston sure did seem to enjoy finding ways to overcome a sharp performance from Minnesota.

The NBA is quickly reversing course with a Jayson Tatum controversy from Thursday night’s game. The Boston Celtics star Tatum was whistled for maybe the weakest technical foul of the entire season on Thursday against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Jayson Tatum had 33 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-115.

Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished nine assists, and the Boston Celtics held on for a 118-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night in Minneapolis.

If you have a friend who somehow still questions Jayson Tatum’s greatness, the first logical course of action is to dump them as a friend, because clearly they can’t be trusted. If that doesn’t work,

Jayson Tatum had 33 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-115 on Thursday night. Derrick White scored 26 points for Boston, while Sam Hauser — filling in for the injured Jaylen Brown — hit five 3-pointers and scored 15 points.