Beijing time, March 22, today the Celtics away to challenge the Thunder, this is a dialogue between the fourth place in the East and the second to the bottom in the West, from the ranking point of view, the Celtics are obviously much stronger than the opponent. At the beginning of the first quarter, Tatum took the lead first, Brown played 2+1, followed by Tatum and Williams and others have scored in succession, the Celtics played a wave of 13-0 start, soon, Wiggins finally broke the scoring drought for the Thunder, Beziley broke through 2 points, Brown did not hesitate to let go, mid-range blossom, the first quarter of the battle, the Celtics led the opponent by 12 points.
Entering the second quarter, Tatum continued to have a good hand, he first won from mid-range, then three-pointers fell, and the Thunder were suspended. The timeout came back, Tatum rained three points again, Mann 2 points to stop the bleeding, however, Brown immediately shot back to color, Mann did not want to show weakness, the outside line two consecutive three-point rain, Brown also hit the shot, however, Mann felt hot, hit two more three-pointers, the point difference was only single digits, the Celtics paused. After the timeout, Tatum scored two points, Mann and Wiggins scored four points in a row, Tatum teamed up with Brown and White to score six points, and at halftime, the Celtics led by 14 points.
Easy side to fight again, Williams first took 2 points, Alexander scored 7 points with a burst shot, the Celtics side, Tatum joined hands with White to score 7 points, after that, Williams scored 2 points, Brown strong kill basket again, Bezley also scored 2 points to return the gift, followed by Tatum strong kill basket blossom, the game was suspended. Back from the timeout, Tatum struck a three-pointer, Alexander also shot in the middle, wiggins also hit a two-pointer, but Brown's three-pointer went through Yang, and at the end of the third quarter, the Celtics led the opponent by 24 points.
In the final quarter, the two teams scored points from each other's free throws, Tatum scored three points, Mann 2 points to stop bleeding, Theis basket scored 2 points, Mann felt bursting and scored 2 points again, White teamed up with Tatum to score 4 points, Alexander arced three points separately, soon, Alexander again hit a cold-blooded three-pointer, Beziley forced the basket to score again, and then hit another three-pointer, Tatum joined forces with Brown to score 4 more points, the Thunder did not intend to surrender, Alexander broke through to take another 2 points. In the final 90 seconds, the Thunder didn't take the chance, the game time ran out, and in the end, the Celtics beat the Thunder 132-123.
After this game, the Celtics won four consecutive games with a record of 45 wins and 28 losses, ranking fourth in the East, and the Thunder suffered 10 consecutive losses with a record of 20 wins and 52 losses, ranking second from the bottom in the West. In this game, Tatum played 39 minutes, 11 of 19, 5 of 12 from three points, 9 of 9 from the free throw line, and shot down 36 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists; Jaylen Brown made 10 of 19, contributing 25 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist; White 18 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists; Williams 20 points, 10 rebounds; Puck Reed 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists; Andes 9 points and 8 rebounds.
For the Thunder, Mann scored 35 points, seven rebounds and four assists on 13-of-21 shooting; Beziley made 8-of-13 shooting, contributing 22 points, 10 rebounds and three assists; Alexander 13-of-23; 31 points and 9 assists; Boku had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists; and Wiggins had 8 points and 4 rebounds. The Celtics are able to reach the top four in the East from the bottom of the season, Tatum's performance is crucial, in the last 10 games, they have achieved an impressive record of 9 wins and 1 loss, this Celtic team can not be underestimated, has the potential to disrupt the pattern in the East and become a big dark horse.