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Led by Jayson Tatum’s Game 7 record 51 points, along with 13 rebounds, and 5 assists, the Boston Celtics defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7, 112-88. Jaylen Brown added 25 points and 6 rebounds for the Celtics in the victory, while Joel Embiid tallied 15 points and 8 rebounds for the 76ers. After closing out this best-of-seven series, 4-3, the Celtics will now advance to the Eastern Conference Finals to face the Miami Heat. Game 1 will take place on Wednesday, May 17 (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT).
Jayson Tatum’s 51 points tonight mark a new NBA record for points in a Game 7, previously:
Stephen Curry: 50 points on 04/30/2023 vs. Kings
Jayson Tatum is now the only player in Celtics franchise history with multiple 50+ point Playoff games.
With his 3rd tonight, Jayson Tatum has now passed Sam Jones for the most 45+ point Playoff games in Celtics franchise history.
Jayson Tatum is the 3rd player in Celtics franchise history to record 40+ points in a Game 7, joining:
Sam Jones: 47 points on 04/10/1963
Paul Pierce: 41 points on 05/18/2008
Jayson Tatum is now the 4th player in NBA history with 20 or more Playoff games of 30+ points at age 25 or younger, joining:
LeBron James: 35 Games
Kevin Durant: 33 Games
Kobe Bryant: 30 Games
Jayson Tatum has now passed Paul Pierce and tied Sam Jones for the 3rd most 40+ point Playoff games in Celtics franchise history:
Larry Bird: 5 Games
John Havlicek: 5 Games
Sam Jones: 4 Games
Jayson Tatum: 4 Games
Paul Pierce: 3 Games
Jayson Tatum is now the 4th Celtic with 20+ Playoff games of 30+ points, joining:
Larry Bird: 43 Games
John Havlicek: 30 Games
Sam Jones: 21 Games
There have now been two 40+ point Game 7 performances in this postseason (Stephen Curry, 50 points in Round 1 vs. Kings), marking the 4th time in NBA history that there has been multiple 40+ point Game 7 performances in the same postseason:
2021: Luka Doncic (46 points) on 06/06/2021, Kevin Durant (48 points) on 06/19/2021, and Giannis Antetokounmpo (40 points) on 06/19/2021
2008: LeBron James (45 points) on 05/18/2008 and Paul Pierce (41 points) on 05/18/2008
1963: Sam Jones (27 points) on 04/10/1962 and Oscar Robertson (43 points) on 04/10/1963
47 comments
I like how Marcus Smart celebrates with JT.
This Boston team is so dangerous they have a lot of waepons.
Awesome defense from the MVP there for his three to get Tatum to 50. Clown.
Yes sir it will happen surely when someone will perform out of the box
He has been absolutely unguardable.
Tatum is just pure basketball, its JT0 time now.!! CELTICS FOR THE RING ☘️💪
HUMBLY ONE OF THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD
The media and twitter disrespecting this man the whole series don’t flip the script now stay on that side 💯🔥🔥🔥
tatum mvp😍
MVP
Congratulations to the Celtics putting on a clinic in their house.
The Ghost of Kobe. Tatum ‼️
This was insane❤
I'm so tired of Brown's pushoffs and Smart's flopping but when Tatum is on his game is incredible. Insane performance, crazy contested shots and he just couldn't miss, absolute all-timer.
On the other hand, wtf were 6ers doing? It felt like for 20 minutes straight they just had Harden/Embiid pick/roll but no roll then Harden drives by 1 guy, sees 3 guys and then passes up an open floater to swing it out for the bums on the arc to build a house. And they just kept doing this…
As a Knicks fan I admit that I wish he was wearing orange and blue. Gotta give credit where it’s due. He’s a stud
Tatum had 18 points (6-10) on three pointers alone. joel embiid scored 15 points on 5-18 overall shooting. masterclass outperformance
He really kept them alive in the first half. 25/7/4 if I'm not mistaken.
count how many teams he was scoring on Embiid
Joel Embib always get away with murder,the media loves him to give a passed.I can't remember the last time he had a great series.Imagine if it was K.James.
Jason Tatum God Mode activated!!!
Focus is on Embiid/Harden/Doc, but Tatum falling and then catching himself from succumbing in the abyss was incredible.
Many congrats to JT!! What an awesome performance and so necessary. That and Q4 of game six were some of the most clutch performances in recent memory. Looking fwd to the ECF and the Heat. Best of luck to JT and the team!!
the way they were smiling after g6 you knew they were coming to kill
Bro not even hitting the rim LMAO All net
Tatum was good but mike breen was great. Love it when he calls these games
Tame dummm dm datttt
Bruh really said “give me the ball and move”
Let’s goooo 🔥🔥🔥
Damn, simply the sound of that net will wind you up if u r from Philly
Even Tatum deserved the MVP more than Embiid MVPity
Tatum ended the process and got their coach fired in 1 performance. And he had 0 turnovers. He is him.
Alot the times when players score this much theres so much time left in the game. Agree taking him out, but damn just think if he got 8 more minutes to score.
damn he broke curry's 50 pts, thats a bad man! i feel like he gon win his chip this year lets go tatum beat leflop's ass
The fake crowd noise loud as hell on these games bro
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!..
WAIT,.. THAT WAS PAUL PIERCE
Tatum > Embiid
what a player jt man
JT GOT CHIP ON HIS MIND
HE IS NOW SHOWING EVERYONE HE GOT DOD IN HIM
Doc rivers is a terrible coach, Every one of these buckets are 1 on 1, no help defense, no doubles or traps nothing lmaoo
Sixers fans must want to puke every time they see Tatum. #FultzWentFirst
3:46 travel?
He definitely makeing. It look easy and slow
Tatum the real MVP this season
"My eyeeeeeeeee" -Joel Embiid
I hope Tatum leave pos racist Boston and go back to LA. Those pos racist YT fans are disgusting & Tatum deserves better than that. Brown will leave soon & I hope Tatum follows🏀
Tatum has one of the deepest bags in basketball the different combos he could get into is amazing for his size
The consistency of him as what gets me if you can do this almost every night and be impressed