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Boston Celtics beat Brooklyn Nets 125-124 in overtime on Jayson Tatum’s buzzer-beater as he scores 40
Jayson Tatum scored 40 and hit a turnaround jumper at the overtime buzzer after rookie Mikel Brown Jr. forced overtime with a late three.
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Jayson Tatum hit a turnaround jumper at the overtime buzzer to finish with 40 points, and the Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 125-124 at TD Garden on Tuesday, October 27. The Celtics have won three straight and are 3-1. The Nets are 0-4.
Tatum shot 10-of-20 from the field and 18-of-22 from the free-throw line in 42 minutes, with 8 assists and 5 rebounds. His winning shot came from 17 feet as time expired in overtime, and a replay review upheld it. Rookie Mikel Brown Jr. had forced the extra period with a 23-foot three with 1.0 second left in regulation and scored 16 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and overtime.
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How it turned
Brooklyn led 61-56 at halftime, and Boston took an 86-82 lead into the fourth quarter. The fourth was a shootout. Michael Porter Jr. and Brown hit four threes between them in just over two minutes, the last of them Brown’s to put the Nets ahead 102-99 with 5:34 left, and Porter’s 27-footer and a Julius Randle layup made it 109-104 with 2:57 left.
Boston answered by outscoring Brooklyn 12-2. Paul George converted a three-point play, Tatum scored on a drive, and Derrick White made two free throws, a dunk-and-one with 33.7 seconds left and two more free throws to make it 116-111 with 13.3 seconds left. Brown made two free throws, Tatum and Randle each split a pair, and Mitchell Robinson missed two with 3.0 seconds left. Brown then hit his three to tie it 117-117.
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Randle scored the first four points of overtime, and Brown’s 32-foot three made it 124-119 with 2:01 left. Tatum made two free throws and George made two more to cut it to 124-123 with 1:02 left. Brooklyn missed its last three shots, and Boston called timeout with 2.3 seconds left before Tatum’s game-winner.
The numbers
The Celtics made 30 of 38 free throws to the Nets’ 17 of 22, and outscored them 52-46 in the paint. Brooklyn made 17 of 50 threes, and Boston made 11 of 41. George had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, White scored 16 with 6 assists, Jordan Walsh had 15 on 5-of-8 shooting, and Sam Hauser added 11 off the bench. The game had 10 lead changes, and neither team led by more than eight.
Brooklyn’s side
Porter led the Nets with 27 points and 12 rebounds and made 6 of 12 threes. Randle had 24 points and 9 rebounds on 10-of-23 shooting. Brown scored 17 on 5-of-17 shooting, and Nolan Traore, Chaney Johnson and Moritz Wagner scored 15 each. Boston was without Devin Carter (illness), and Brooklyn was without Tyler Bilodeau (shoulder).
What’s next
The Celtics host the Chicago Bulls on Friday, October 30, at 7:30 p.m. ET (2:30 a.m. Saturday Cairo time). The Nets host the Detroit Pistons on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET (2:30 a.m. Saturday Cairo time).
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