On April 18, Beijing time, the Boston Celtics narrowly defeated the Brooklyn Nets 115-114. In this battle, Tatum staged a sentry slaughter, and at the same time he also performed a miracle.
According to statistics, this is the first whistle-pressing game of Tatum's career and the first playoff whistle-pressing in Celtics history since Pierce faced the Heat in 2010.
In this game, Tatum played 45 minutes, he shot 9 of 18, and scored 31 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.
With Durant missing the last three-pointer, the Nets also left the Celtics with the last 16 seconds to attack. The Celtics' final tactical arrangement was also nearly perfect, with Horford controlling the time well and finally giving the ball to Tatum, who had been missed. In the last 0.6 seconds, Tatum directly turned to the basket to put the ball in, in the process, Irving could only watch Tatum put the ball in, he was frozen in place, perhaps even Irving next to Tatum did not react at that time.
In this game, the two teams played extremely fiercely. In the second half, the Celtics played a super strong offensive in the third quarter, stretching the score to 10 points. But with Irving's brilliant performance in the final quarter, the Nets returned a climax. Originally, the Nets occupied the initiative of the game, but who would have thought that the Celtics still won the game with Tatum's killer.