Jayson Tatum Crushes Knicks and Shines at Madison Square Garden
Source The Celtics were coming off a loss to the Dallas Mavericks but yesterday at Madison Square they came with great determination and started from the first quarter with a high caliber offense and evident character, Jayson Tatum had a great field goal percentage on his shots both from the perimeter as well as penetrations to the basket. If the Celtics continue to play at this pace it is likely that they can repeat as champions, of course in the NBA there are many variations and many high level contenders that could stand up at any time, but it is evident that the Celtics have great depth on their roster and more so being a championship team. Source Boston not only kept a tremendous pace in their offense but they also displayed great defense keeping most of the Knicks at bay and they were never able to counter the big lead the Celtics established early on. The Knicks could not win any quarter and that speaks of the great efficiency and defense of the Celtics, Tatum was unbeatable and scored shots from the perimeter in front of his marks who never deciphered the game of Boston's star, Tatum left with 40 points in his personal production, in addition to taking 6 rebounds and handing out 4 assists. Source Another Celtics player who was Tatum's squire coming off the bench was Payton Pritchard scoring 25 points, making 6 three pointers, grabbing 4 rebounds and dishing out 4 assists. The duel would end 131 - 104 with a great victory for the defending champions, the Celtics have a record of 37 wins to 16 losses this season, the truth was a great basketball game despite the big advantage that the Celtics gave to the Knicks. Twitter @agfnzn1 Instagram @dread_negro