Jayson Tatum beats Nets with 54 points, his highest score this season

The Brooklyn Nets-Boston Celtics match at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on March 6th was like Jayson Tatum of the Celtics living for it. The conditions were met.

Broadcast nationwide on television, it was a face-to-face confrontation with Kevin Durant, one of the greatest players in NBA history, and it was an uncertain battle from start to finish.

Tatum was the overwhelming best player on the stage. The match against Durant won with 54 points and 37 points. The team also got a white star with 126-120 and ended the home three consecutive games with three consecutive victories.

Jaylen Brown, who scored 21 points, praised Tatum at a post-match press conference, saying, "I couldn't stop the guy to the left today."

Tatam, who scored 9 points in the 1st quarter, 11 points in the 2nd Q, 16 points in the 3rd Q, and 18 points in the 4th Q, succeeded in 16 out of 30 field goals, including 8 out of 15 3-point shots. With 14 out of 17 free throws, he scored 54 points, his highest score this season. He also recorded 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

"When you enter something like that zone, the basket looks a little bigger," Tatum said.

"I feel like I'm a little better at getting into my spot. I just tried to play right."

Including the postseason, Tatum has scored more than 50 points for the sixth time in a year. Other players are at most twice. Two of the six games are against Nets. The last time was the third round of the playoff first round in May.

Tatum has scored 191 points (38.2 points on average) in the last five games, surpassing Kevin Durant's 163 points (32.6 points).

His scoring ability is not known now, but Tatum's ability to make the right decisions has been improved by his teammates. "He's been doing that ever since he came here," said Marcus Smart, who scored 14 points and 9 assists.

"He's reading the game right. He owns the game, moves to his spot and does what he has to do. For me and Jason, his growth is very, very important. He knows what he wants and is working on, and he's doing it. He's showing it not just to himself, but to us and everyone else in the world. His play gets much smarter. That's exactly what you see. "

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Original: Tatum Drops 54 on KD, Nets, as Celtics Sweep Homestand by Taylor Snow / Celtics.com

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