Beijing time on April 18, 2022, the NBA playoffs continued, in a focus battle in the East, the Greenshirts home game ushered in the Challenge of the Nets, the two teams gathered stars, Irving + Durant faced Tatum + Brown became the biggest attraction of the game. Although the Green shirts pulled the score apart in the third quarter, the Nets were able to catch up with the score in the fourth quarter, and the two sides played to the last second of the game, and finally with Tatum's whistle, the green shirts defeated the opponent 115:114!
The best game for the Celtics side was Tatum, who played 45 minutes in the game, shooting 9 of 18 from the field, and cutting 31 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists! In addition to Tatum, three other players in the team's starting lineup scored 20 points, With Jaylen Brown scoring 23 and Smart and Horford also scoring 20 points!
The biggest gain on the Celtic side of this game was the team's veteran Al Horford. In this game, Horford started, played 41 minutes and 28 seconds, shot 8 of 13 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, cut the perfect data of 20 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, and was one of the biggest contributors to the team's victory!
As soon as the first quarter came up, Horford was able to shoot two three-pointers and score 10 points in a single quarter! Then when the third quarter kicked off, Horford had 4 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in the quarter, and he also grabbed a key frontcourt rebound in the final quarter and scored the ball.
It can be said that the veteran seems to have found a good state after returning to the Celtics, averaging 10.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game this season, but it is indeed the luck of the greenshirts to have such a veteran in the playoffs!