On March 22, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that ended earlier today, the Boston Celtics defeated the Oklahoma Thunder 132-123 on the road.
In this game, Celtic star Jason Tatum played well. He played 38 minutes, shooting 11-of-19, including 5-of-11 three-pointers, and cut down a full statistic of 36 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. So far this season, Tatum's performance has been remarkable. He averaged 36.3 minutes per game and could have 27.0 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.6 blocks. He shot 44.7 percent from the field and 35.0 percent from three-point range.
In the recent past, Tatum's competitive state has been very hot. So far in March, he has averaged 34.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, shooting 53.2 percent from the field and 45.5 percent from three-point range. It is worth mentioning that Tatum's average of points per game and average of three-pointers per game since March are the first in the league. And in his last three games, he has scored 30+ with at least 55% shooting, the third player in Celtics history to get this data.
Of course, in today's game, the Celtics in addition to Tatum, the other players are also very good. Team forward Grant Williams played 37 minutes and shot 7-of-14, including 1-of-4 from three-point range to get 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the game's 20 points and 10 rebounds were all his season-highs.
After winning today's game, the Celtics have a four-game winning streak on this West road trip. In those four games, they beat the Warriors, Kings, Nuggets and Thunder, respectively, for a combined net loss of 80 points. It has to be said that the Celtics have been imposing in their recent period, with a record of 9 wins and 1 loss so far in March, and 22 wins in the last 26 games.
After this game, the Celtics currently have a record of 45 wins and 28 losses, ranking fourth in the East, with the same number of wins as the 76ers and Bucks in the second and third places in the East.