The Boston Celtics edged over the San Antonio Spurs 143-140 in overtime at home on Friday after overcoming a 32-point trail. The biggest hero of TD Garden is definitely Jayson Tatum, who scored career-high 60 points and matched the franchise record of the Celtics.

The Spurs this season are not a strong offensive team in any way you look at it. They averaged 110.7 points (21st of 30 teams) in 98.7 positions (15th of 30 teams) and are rated 111.0 offensively (19th of 30 teams).

Such a team scored 77 points against the Celtics in the first half. More importantly, the Celtics had only 16 points in the first quarter, and 14 of them came from Tatum. His teammates together went 1-13. No wonder the Celtics trailed at most by 32 in the game.

The good news is that the Celtics found their shooting back from Q2 and exploded in the second half, in which they shot down 80 points. Tatum dropped 21 points in Q4, including draining the key 3-pointer that put the Celtics on top. He had two chances to kill the game in regular time but missed one of two free throws in the first one and failed to beat the buzzer in the second one.

Of course, Tatum would not be able to drive for the team's scoring record if the game had not entered OT. Tatum did not let the honor go this time as he made the last four free throws for the Celtics.

"That boy is destined for greatness," Jaylen Brown of Tatum after the game.

"Tatum was amazing, as you know. And we needed every one of those 60 points," said coach Brad Stevens.

"It was a special night. Just being around guys, playing with guys you enjoy being around, and are happy for your success ... we all see the hard work each and every one of us put in every day so that when someone, myself or whoever it is, has a night like that, just to share that moment with them is special. Just to have your teammates be happy for you means everything," said Tatum.

Though the Celtics have won 17 NBA Championships in history, the highest points any of their players have ever scored is only 60 points. It was first achieved by Larry Bird on March 12, 1985. One interesting fact is that, before Bird, Kevin McHale refreshed the record by getting 56 points on March 3, 1985. Bird praised McHale's performance: "There aren't too many times you have an opportunity to score that many points. Kevin will probably not score that many again. Today he was awesome; he deserved it." But he added in the end: "He should have gone for 60."

We all know what later. Actually, in that 60-point game of Bird, he tried various ways of shooting, many of which he would never take in his usual games. Though he did not say it, anyone who watched that game could tell how much Bird wanted to break McHale's record.

Other games on Friday (away teams come first):

Portland Trail Blazers 128-109 Brooklyn Nets

There's no need to overreact to Friday's loss. The Nets had to host the Trail Blazers at home with an incomplete lineup – six of their players sat on this game, including the other two of the "Big Three," James Harden and Kevin Durant. Neither were the two teams in the same mindset. The Nets are highly unlikely to drop out of the top 3 in the Eastern Conference; the Trail Blazers are still working hard trying to skip the play-in tournament.

Of course, there are still several things that deserved more attention from the Nets' head coach Steven Nash. For example, both Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan appeared in Friday's game, but they still allowed 23 points and 11 rebounds by Jusuf Nurkic, whose finishing ability is mediocre, to say the best.

Furthermore, judging by the Nets' defensive concept, they love switching everything in the game, but they don't have a reliable perimeter defender. Damian Lillard buried eight triples to score 32 points in front of Kyrie Irving. Imagine how much that will hurt in the playoffs.

Utah Jazz 100-121 Phoenix Suns

The Jazz put their starting back-court duo, Mike Conley and Donovan Mitchell, on the bench in Friday's game. That means the fancy vehicle of the Jazz's offense had to race against the Suns with no engine. That's why they only scored 100 points on the road.

The Suns made the top of the Western Conference after the home win. Previously they already secured a spot for the playoffs, which they had been missing for 11 years. In 2004, 30-year-old Nash came to Phoenix, adding 33 wins to the team's record and bringing them from No. 13 to No. 1 in the West. Seventeen years later, 35-year-old Chris Paul came, taking the Suns from 34 to 45 wins, from No. 10 to No. 1 in the West.

It seems the Suns have always been a guard away from a turn-round.

Atlanta Hawks 104-126 Philadelphia 76ers

Washington Wizards 122-93 Cleveland Cavaliers

Orlando Magic 75-92 Memphis Grizzlies

Milwaukee Bucks 108-98 Chicago Bulls

Sacramento Kings 110-106 Los Angeles Lakers