Boston Celtics All-Star forward Jayson Tatum didn’t have his best game against the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of their second-round series compared to the tear he was on against the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs, and it hardly even mattered.
Boston put the Raptors away 112 – 94 leading wire to wire, and the Duke product’s ‘off’ game still netted him 21 points and 9 rebounds on 9-of-18 shooting (including two out of five attempts from beyond the arc).
The Celtics had all starters scoring in double-digits and Boston took Game 1 with a group effort.
Boston still has a long road through the Raptors to get to the East Finals, but may have stumbled onto the formula to do it with their adjustments to Toronto on both sides of the ball.
We’ll find out soon enough with Game 2 of the series between these Atlantic Division rivals set to start at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 — but until then, watch the video embedded above to see Tatum’s best plays of the series so far.
