Celtics Tatum
Jayson tatum led the celtics with 32 points monday night in boston s 109 101 win.
Celtics tatum. The celtics needed every bit of tatum s and brown s exploits to survive against the 76ers who got 26 points and 16 rebounds from joel embiid but were forced into 18 turnovers that became 21. Boston celtics forward jayson tatum 0 wears a purple armband in honor of the late kobe bryant during the fourth quarter against the philadelphia 76ers in game 4 of an nba basketball first round. Tatum hits clean step back jumper on thybulle.
Tatum notched 28 points and 15 rebounds in boston s win all while wearing a purple band in honor of bryant on his left arm. He finished with 33 points. Sunday on what would have been kobe bryant s 42nd birthday jayson tatum put on a show to help the celtics complete their sweep of the 76ers.
Tatum scored a career playoff high for the second straight game after scoring 32 points in the opener monday. A native of st. The celtics were plus 29 in tatum s minutes and along with the bench he played an important role in the first half after the sixers roared out to an early lead.
Jayson christopher tatum born march 3 1998 is an american professional basketball player for the boston celtics of the national basketball association nba. Celtics cruise past grizzlies. All star swingman jayson tatum added 28 points and a career high 15 boards with a.
Louis missouri tatum attended hometown chaminade college preparatory school where he was rated a five star recruit and regarded as one of the top players in the class of 2016 by recruiting services. The nba playoffs are when the star players shine the brightest. These days those stars tend to have fresh faces.
Tatum took over hitting a 3 pointer with 34 seconds left in regulation that cut the orlando lead to 112 110. A number of players across the. Then with 4 2 seconds left in regulation tatum easily lost his man and drained a.
Four of five celtics starters scored in double figures despite some struggles from the bench in that regard former uconn husky kemba walker leading all players with 32 points 4 rebounds as many assists and 2 blocks on 8 of 15 shooting.