{"id":2572,"date":"2025-04-28T03:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/2572\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T03:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:02:12","slug":"tatum-makes-nba-playoff-history-in-game-4-win-over-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/2572\/","title":{"rendered":"Tatum makes NBA playoff history in Game 4 win over Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tatum makes NBA playoff history in Game 4 win over Magic<\/a> originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston<\/a><\/p>\n

Jayson Tatum took over for the Boston Celtics in their Game 4 victory<\/a> over the Orlando Magic and made NBA history in the process.<\/p>\n

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The six-time All-Star finished with 37 points and 14 rebounds in the Celtics\u2019 107-98 win. He was 14-for-14 from the free-throw line, making him 26-for-26 on FTs over his last two games.<\/p>\n

According to Celtics stats guru Dick Lipe,<\/a> Tatum is the first player in NBA playoff history with at least 35 points, 12 free throws, and a 1.000 free-throw percentage in consecutive games. He scored 36 points while making all 12 of his free throws in Boston\u2019s Game 3 loss<\/a>, a game he was initially listed as doubtful to play due to a wrist injury.<\/p>\n

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Tatum tweaked his wrist again during the fourth quarter of Game 4. It didn\u2019t appear to bother him over the final few minutes.<\/p>\n

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The 27-year-old recorded 16 points in the fourth and didn\u2019t back down when Orlando got physical. He and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, whose hard foul caused his wrist injury in Game 2, got technical fouls<\/a> after bumping one another, and Tatum laughed off a light shove from KCP.<\/p>\n

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla praised Tatum\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust poise. Poise. Having an understanding of your environment,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, some shot-making there, but at the same time, physical drives and getting to the free-throw line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kristaps Porzingis, who finished with 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting, is impressed with the growth he\u2019s seen from his superstar teammate since joining the C\u2019s last season.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe three that he hit towards the end of the game, I thought to myself, \u2018This guy is special,’\u201d Porzingis said of Tatum. \u201cFrom when I got here to now, he\u2019s developed even more of a killer instinct.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite winning his first NBA championship last year, Tatum continues to play with a chip on his shoulder. After watching co-star Jaylen Brown earn Eastern Conference and NBA Finals MVP honors, Tatum finished just outside the top three in NBA MVP voting for the 2024-25 season. Not to mention, his forgettable Olympic experience<\/a> has undoubtedly fueled his fire throughout the campaign.<\/p>\n

Tatum will look to stay hot and lead the C\u2019s to a series-clinching win at TD Garden on Tuesday night. Tip-off for Game 5 is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Boston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tatum makes NBA playoff history in Game 4 win over Magic originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Jayson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,75,1727,78,77,865,871,6,11,76,1726],"class_list":{"0":"post-2572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-free-throw","11":"tag-jaylen-brown","12":"tag-jayson-tatum","13":"tag-kentavious-caldwell-pope","14":"tag-kristaps-porzingis","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nba-playoffs","17":"tag-orlando-magic","18":"tag-wrist-injury"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114413367815280294","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}