Boston Celtics
Streaks & Recent Performances
Payton Pritchard finished with 7 3-pointers on 10-of-16 shooting against the Bulls, the first player in NBA history with 60% shooting on 10+ attempts and 7+ 3-pointers.
Logging 30+ points, 5+ steals, and 7+ three-pointers dictates completely new historical terms. He stands strictly alone at age 35.
He logged starter minutes but generated a mere 4 points and 4 assists. Eating that much clock without baseline production destroys a rotation.
Jayson Tatum suffered through a brutal shooting night on excessive volume, forcing up 23 shots while converting an icy 26.1% of them.
He connected on exactly 6 of his 23 shots. You cannot survive a primary option yielding 13 points on that much wasted volume.
Neemias Queta filled up every single box score column in a bizarrely unique way, logging 22 minutes to record a Quintuple Single by hitting between 1 and 9 across all key metrics (3 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 2 BLK).
Jayson Tatum had 40 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists on 10-of-20 shooting against the Nets.
Paul George was a flat-out menace defensively tonight, picking pockets left and right to pull down a stellar 5 STL.
Jayson Tatum made 18 of 22 free throws and finished with 40 points against the Nets.
Derrick White had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in 28 minutes against the Nets.
Neemias Queta picked up 6 fouls in 15 minutes against the Nets and finished with 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.