Celtics’ Jayson Tatum Made NBA History Despite Brutal Loss to Cavaliers
The Boston Celtics dropped a crucial game on Friday night to the one team ahead of them in the Eastern Conference standings, the Cleveland Cavaliers, 123-116.
The Celtics were up big for most of the game, but the Cavaliers fought back like no other and captured the win to keep them at arm’s distance of the Celtics and the No. 1 seed.
It was a crucial loss for the Celtics, but from the start of it, at least in the first half, it appeared that we would get an all-time game from Jayson Tatum.
Tatum showed up and showed out in front of his home fans, especially in the first half. He had one heck of a first 24 minutes of the game, recording 30 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists.
According to the NBA X account, that’s the first time in the play-by-play era (1997-98) that those numbers have been reached in any half.
Overall, Tatum finished the game with 46 points on 19-for-37 shooting from the field, 16 rebounds, nine assists, and three blocks in 41 minutes of action.
Tatum came out of the gates hot and propelled his team to a massive lead in the first quarter. Unfortunately for the Celtics, they were not able to sustain that.
The 26-year-old would rather have the win over his incredible performance. That wasn’t the only storyline surrounding Tatum that night.
A video of him went viral during the first quarter. After he buried a three, the Cavaliers called timeout, and as he was making his way to the bench, he was seen waving his arm dismissively and yelling something that looked suspiciously like “F*** out of here, man.”
