Inside Jayson Tatum’s impending return to the Celtics
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What recent games impacted the Nuggets' performance?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily presented by Amazon Prime for March 3rd, 2026. I'm Dave DeFore here with Espera Henney. Coming up, the Nuggets got a scare. We're going to talk about Jokic a little bit. Darius Garland's back. We're going to talk about his debut for the Clippers. And Jay King is here to talk about the Celtics, Jalen Brown, and Tatum's comeback. Good morning, everybody. What's up, Bess? How you doing, buddy? Living the dream, man. Yeah. Yeah. Look, a weird night in basketball. Not undoubtedly. Not a good one. No, I will say. No. And it's funny because we had some returns. We had Giannis Antetokounmpo come back for some reason.
How did Darius Garland's return affect the Clippers?
I don't I don't think he would have come back if he if he would have known that they were going to lose by 30, 27 points to the Celtics with no Jalen Brown. I mean, yeah, Nehemiah's Kato wasn't out there. There's just no excuse for the Bucs. But we talked about that game a little bit after the break with Jay King. Anyway, OK, we got to talk about the Nuggets, man. Look, they had a couple of. We'll say rough losses, but two good teams, okay? They lose to OKC on Friday. They lose to the Wolves on Sunday. Then they have to go hop on a plane and go to Utah.
What insights did Jay King provide about Jayson Tatum's comeback?
Now, it's not a far flight. I feel like the trip from downtown Denver to the Denver airport is probably longer than the flight from Denver to Salt Lake City, okay? So it's not a lot of travel, but there is still some travel. And they almost blew a game to the Utah Jazz who are actively trying to lose. They wind up winning thanks to the refs a little bit. 128-125. Look, the refs gave them the game at the end here. I thought it was an unbelievable reversal on that foul call on Jokic. Unbelievable is a really kind word, I would say. Egregious, for sure. Egregious. It felt like they were gift-wrapping the game to them at that point. There was a delay of game penalty down there. There was a lot of moments where it felt like Denver could have completely lost this game.
And yet, like you mentioned, a lot of Jokic antics in this one. There was the viral clip going around of him boxing out and kind of jumping over the guy, boxing out. Whoa, whoa, wait. You mean Keontae George? Yeah. Wearing Jokic as a backpack isn't a foul on Keontae George.
What challenges did the Nuggets face against the Utah Jazz?
Is that what you're saying? Yeah, insane, man. Insane. It just it feels like it's this egregious. And, you know, obviously it's coming off the heels of a very, very physical OKC versus Nuggets game and OKC and obviously Minnesota. It just feels like the all eyes are on Jokic. And his ability to maybe flop throughout games. And this was like the worst version we've seen. If you have a chance, folks, and you want to just watch like flopping as an art form, I would go and watch this Denver Nuggets-Utah Jazz game because Jokic takes it to another level. Shout out to Keontae George, though. The Jazz are going to be fun next year, Dave. They're going to be fun. the the sad thing is that the jazz are actually already good they've kind of been good all year yeah they're just they got better at the trade deadline and we don't know it they're a mystery box right now as far as i'm concerned they could come out next year and and roll a dud i don't know nothing i have nothing to base it on us yeah because they refuse to play their best players everybody's getting surgery you know uh it's it's that time of year okay let's move on to a guy who came back darius garland comes back for the clippers the clippers mount a comeback um
I dare say the Warriors probably need to get Steph Curry back out there at some point if they expect to win any of these games, although it does feel like they're pretty safely in the play-in no matter what. The Clippers win 114-101. Darius Garland came off the bench in the game. Puts up 12 points. He started out a little bit rough. And S, I think one of the things you can point to for Darius Garland, he had five turnovers. And really, I thought he had a couple that he got bailed out on.
How did the referees influence the Nuggets vs. Jazz game?
He looked rusty as far as timing and his handle. Yeah. Look like a guy that hadn't played basketball in a while.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What recent games impacted the Nuggets' performance?
0:09–0:55
2
How did Darius Garland's return affect the Clippers?
0:55–1:32
3
What insights did Jay King provide about Jayson Tatum's comeback?
1:32–2:44
4
What challenges did the Nuggets face against the Utah Jazz?
2:44–4:22
5
How did the referees influence the Nuggets vs. Jazz game?
4:22–5:47
6
What makes the Celtics' current season stand out?
5:47–7:43
7
How is Joe Mazzulla reshaping the Celtics' identity?
7:43–9:19
8
What should fans expect from Jayson Tatum's return?
9:19–29:10