{"id":714142,"date":"2026-04-19T19:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/714142\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:39:26","slug":"celtics-dominate-sixers-in-game-1-of-nba-playoffs-led-by-jaylen-brown-and-jayson-tatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/714142\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics dominate Sixers in Game 1 of NBA playoffs, led by Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/sports\/celtics\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Boston Celtics<\/a> got off to a hot start in the playoffs as they dominated the Philadelphia 76ers at TD Garden in Game 1 of a best-of-seven series.<\/p>\n<p>Boston jumped to an early lead and never looked back, beating Philadelphia, 123-91, to take a 1-0 series lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Less than one year after he tore his Achilles in the postseason against the New York Knicks, Jayson Tatum put up a stellar performance in his return to the playoff stage.<\/p>\n<p>Tatum had 21 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in the first half alone as the Celtics headed into the half with a 64-46 lead. Tatum ended the game with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Jaylen Brown was the game&#8217;s leading scorer. The Celtics star, who had a 16-point third quarter, ended the afternoon with 26 points.<\/p>\n<p>The 76ers played the game without star center Joel Embiid, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/joel-embiid-surgery-appendicitis-injury-sixers\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">underwent appendectomy surgery<\/a> earlier this month. Embiid averaged 26.9 points per game in 38 games this season and his status for the series remains up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia offense struggled to find consistency in Embiid&#8217;s absence. The Sixers were led by Tyrese Maxey, who scored 21 points in defeat.<\/p>\n<p>With the Celtics leading by 30 points late in the fourth quarter, fans at TD Garden could be heard chanting &#8220;We want Boston.&#8221; Fans were mocking Sixers fans, who were chanting the same after beating the Orlando Magic to earn the No. 7 seed and a matchup against the Celtics. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following the series opener, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/boston-celtics-nba-playoffs-schedule-first-round\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">teams return to TD Garden<\/a> in Boston on Tuesday at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>After that game, the series will shift to Philadelphia for Game 3, which is slated for Friday at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of this series will face either the New York Knicks or Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Knicks lead that series, 1-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics got off to a hot start in the playoffs as they dominated the Philadelphia 76ers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,75,6,207],"class_list":{"0":"post-714142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-philadelphia-76ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116433074321436540","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714142","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=714142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}