Jaylen Brown scored 28 points and Jayson Tatum added 27, including a tiebreaking jumper with 0.2 seconds left, as the visiting Boston Celtics held off the New Orleans Pelicans 118-116 on Friday night.

However, this hasn't been the case for rising Eastern Conference stars like LaMelo Ball, Zach LaVine, and Tyrese Maxey, who are all experiencing career-high years in some way but play for inconsistent ...