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Jayson Tatum WENT OFF. The young superstar was basically unstoppable on Friday night, scoring 53 points to lead the Celtics to a 145-136 overtime win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
It was a wild game in which the Celtics played a terrible first-half, falling behind by as many as 15 points to the team with a league-low of 13 wins. The Cs rallied in the third quarter behind Tatum and Marcus Smart, and then took a 120-109 lead with 3:36 to play. Incredibly, Minnesota came back with a 15-4 run to send it to overtime.
In the extra period, Kemba Walker hit two straight threes to put the Celtics up 6, then assisted on a Tristan Thompson layup for the clincher.
Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart combined for 50 points, and the Wolves were led by 30 from Karl-Anthony Towns and D’Angelo Russell’s 26. But the story of the night was definitely JT.
☘️ Career-high 53 points.
☘️ 35 in the 2nd half and OT.
☘️ Jayson. Tatum. pic.twitter.com/RPPDXiY0Mz
— NBA (@NBA) April 10, 2021
Tatum shot 16 of 25, with 6 of 10 threes, and 15 of 16 free throws (what?!). He added 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
Time for some Friday night hoops 🏀 pic.twitter.com/A2vojIFPvZ
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 9, 2021
Marcus and Jaylen wasting no time pic.twitter.com/7H6IfBUkiW
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 9, 2021
Celtics are just getting out worked and outplayed right now. They need to turn this around in the second quarter here or else we're looking at Sacramento all over again
— John Karalis 🇬🇷🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) April 10, 2021
End of 1Q:
Wolves: 39
Celtics: 25The Celtics are struggling from three point range, 1-8 from beyond the arc.
Karl-Anthony Townes leads the way with 10 points.
— Amanda_Pflugrad (@Amanda_Pflugrad) April 10, 2021
Second quarter
#Celtics just can't get any stops. #Timberwolves are 21-for-32 FG. Hernangomez and Reid have combined for 15 points.
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) April 10, 2021
Celtics trailing the Timberwolves 66-57 at the half
Tatum: 18pts, 7rebs
Brown: 12pts
Smart: 7pts, 4asts
BOS: 48.8% FG, 12 turnoversTowns: 13pts, 8rebs
Edwards: 12pts
Okogie: 9pts, 3stls
MIN: 55.3% FG— Josue Pavón (@Joe_Sway) April 10, 2021
Third quarter
Jaylen Brown has joined in on the action and the Celtics are all of a sudden within eight.
— Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) April 10, 2021
Another ginormous offensive rebound by Tristan Thompson gets it to 10 on the Smart three.
— Bobby Manning (@RealBobManning) April 10, 2021
That Pritch-Rob connection😍#Celtics Rewind presented by @tmobile pic.twitter.com/GVUDCgT6Lr
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) April 10, 2021
Tatum's on FIRE.
Celtics trailing the Timberwolves by only 6 (91-85) w/2:47 left in Q3
— Josue Pavón (@Joe_Sway) April 10, 2021
Wolves lead 97-92 after three
Tatum – 35 points, 17 in Q3
Smart -18 points
Brown – 17 points
Celtics – 18 turnovers
Celtics – 52.5% shootingEdwards – 20 points
Towns – 17 points
Okogie – 16 points
Wolves – 11 turnovers
Wolves – 52.4% shooting— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) April 10, 2021
Fourth quarter
Kemba absolutely had to come out strong to start the 4th, and thankfully he’s done exactly that.
— First to the Floor☘️ (@First2TheFloor) April 10, 2021
The play that tied it, courtesy of #8. #Celtics Rewind presented by @tmobile pic.twitter.com/eBmn0AuqYa
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) April 10, 2021
At 101-100, the Celtics have claimed their first lead since the 7:35 mark of the first quarter (14-13)
— Celtics Stats (@celtics_stats) April 10, 2021
Jayson Tatum has 35 points on 17 shots.
— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) April 10, 2021
🗣️GRAAAAAAAANT#Celtics Rewind presented by @tmobile pic.twitter.com/8fCzZz38Ab
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) April 10, 2021
Grant Williams Tommy Points all over the place!
— Abby Chin (@tvabby) April 10, 2021
https://twitter.com/efraincarmelo/status/1380698650427453441?s=20
Tatum is hitting his shots but most of all he is playing connected.
— Jon Duke (@csl_duke) April 10, 2021
Jayson Tatum up to 41 points. Still five minutes left. Also game has turned into a brawl lol.
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) April 10, 2021
8-0 Wolves run has cut Boston's lead to three points with 1:29 to play.
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) April 10, 2021
Wow, with a chance to go ahead D'Angelo Russell takes a pull up 25 footer and misses. #Celtics turn it into a runout. BOS 124, MIN 121 with 17.3 left. #Timberwolves ball
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) April 10, 2021
Jaylen Brown giving Jayson Tatum the points here is my favorite moment of the night. pic.twitter.com/Q6TlWD4ESi
— Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) April 10, 2021
He got the shot … but it didn't go in. To overtime we go. https://t.co/5yx2hkQw7X
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) April 10, 2021
Overtime
TATUM: 5⃣0⃣ POINTS.#Celtics Rewind presented by @tmobile pic.twitter.com/b89xdNABRQ
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) April 10, 2021
Career-high 16 free throw attempts for Jayson Tatum. #Celtics #Timberwolves
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) April 10, 2021
Celtics win 145-136 in OT
Tatum – 53 points, 10 rebounds
Brown – 26 points
Smart – 24 points
Walker – 17 points
Celtics – 20 turnovers
Celtics – 32-34 free throwsTowns – 30 points
Russell – 26 points
Edwards – 24 points
Wolves – 14 turnovers
Wolves – 27-30 free throws— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) April 10, 2021
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