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Hornets' Grant Williams ejected after tackling former teammate Jayson Tatum in Celtics' 124–109 win

Grant Williams and Jayson Tatum were teammates for four seasons on the Boston Celtics from 2019-23. Prior to the Celtics playing WIlliams' current team, the Charlotte Hornets, the six-year veteran said it was "special" to see his former teammates win the NBA championship last season.

“Honestly, I didn’t really feel down because I left Boston," Williams said, via CLNS Media's Noa Dalzell. "I wasn’t one of those, where, if I had gotten traded out of there, like there was some bad blood, it’d been different.