The Boston Celtics barely showed up on Monday night against the New York Knicks and their MVP candidate checked out early. 

Jayson Tatum was ejected late in the fourth quarter of a 109-94 loss to the Knicks, making it the first time the sixth-year player has been tossed from a game. 

Tatum was frustrated all night long, scoring just 14 points on 6 of 18 shooting at Madison Square Garden. 

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He picked up his second technical foul in the fourth quarter, sending him to the showers as his teammates wrapped up the loss. 

"I don't know," Tatum said when asked what led to the second technical, according to ESPN. 

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"But all the great players get thrown out a few times in their career," he said with a smile. "So, it's good for my rep."

Tatum told reporters after the game that his ejection came about after a sarcastic quip to an official. 

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"It's tough," Tatum said. "The first one, no call. If you look, it was clearly a foul. And those are the ones that's tough. You get a tech for something that you probably was right about. [On the] second one, I just told him this was probably the best-officiated game I've been a part of.

"I tried to give him a compliment. Didn't go over so well."

The Knicks had a significant advantage at the free-throw line, going to the charity stripe 34 times to Boston’s 14. 

The loss dropped the Celtics to a game back in the loss column of the Milwaukee Bucks for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. 

Tiffany Newell, a transgender female runner, placed first at the 2023 Canadian Masters Indoor Championships over the weekend after Newell’s previous record in the women’s 5,000-meter race was recently ratified. 

Newell, 50, beat out Catherine Weber, the sole opponent competing in the Women’s 1500-meter indoor race for their respective age group, on Saturday at the 12th Canadian Masters Indoor Championships in Toronto. 

Newell finished with a time of 5:07.62. 

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Weber, 53, finished nearly a minute behind Newell with a time of 6:19.36. 

Newell’s first place finish comes just a year after breaking the Canadian W45-49 record in the 5,000-meter event at a race at Toronto’s York University. 

Newell, 49 at the time, broke the record with a time of 18:02.30. The record was ratified by the Canadian Masters Athletics in October. 

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According to Canadian Running Magazine, Newell began transitioning in 2017 but was not able to compete in women’s categories until the former triathlete completed transition in 2020 by meeting the World Masters Athletics’ guidelines for transgender athlete participation. 

Newell’s result comes amid a heated national debate about transgender athlete participation in women and girl’s sports. 

The Biden Administration proposed changes to Title IX on the 50th anniversary in 2022 that looks to expand the meaning of sex discrimination to include "gender identity." Another round of regulations is set to be released this spring that will specifically address Title IX's application to transgender athletes participating in women's sports.

Fox News’ Kelly Laco contributed to this report.