Of course, it depends on what one means when one says such a thing. If scoring is the measuring stick one uses to point to greatness on a basketball court, there are likely several players with a greater claim to that honor.

Eighty-three points from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown weren’t enough to push the Celtics past the first-place Cavs in a 123-116 loss at TD Garden.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have won a league-high 49 games so far this season, and none of them have said more about how serious we ought to be taking this team that the one they pulled off against the Celtics on Friday.