Summary

Jason Tatum seemed to be inspired by the impressive appearance of LeBron James on Saturday night. Tatum took it easy against the Brooklyn Nets and gave 54 points as the Celtics won 126-120.

This is the second best performance of Tatum’s career, after his 60 points against the San Antonio Spurs on April 30, 2021. It is also the 4th time in his career that he scored at least 50 points in a match, which equals his franchise record. Larry Byrd. Tatum had eight shots from the center against the Nets. He added five rebounds and three assists.

“I am just sure. I still have a long way to go to achieve what I want to achieve, but I want to enjoy the moment, I have fun. “I do what I love every day,” Tatum said after the meeting.

Jalen Brown contributed to the victory with 21 points.

Despite his performance, Tatum was not the only one in excellent form on Sunday afternoon. At the Brooklyn camp, Kevin Durand had 37 points and six rebounds and eight assists.

This performance by Durant also allowed him to become the 23rd player in NBA history to reach the milestone of 25,000 career points.

Kyrie Irving contributed 19 points and Bruce Brown added 16.

Boston is winning its third consecutive game and has now won 14 of its last 16 games.

Middleton and Holliday take over

Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday helped the Milwaukee Bucks survive the troubles of Giannis Antitokoumbo.

Middleton had 44 points, Holliday had 24 and the Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 132-122 on Sunday for their fourth straight win.

Holliday scored 17 points and Middleton had 16 in the fourth quarter to help the Bucks beat the Suns 12-1 in the final three minutes. They are the first Bucks teammates to score at least 15 points in a quarter of a game in the last 25 seasons, according to Elias Sports Office.

The Bucks have won their fourth game in a row and their third in the last five days. Milwaukee beat East Miami Heat 120-119 on Wednesday and Chicago 118-112 on Friday, before beating the Suns in the NBA.

It was the Suns’ first visit since Antetokunbo scored 50 points in a 105-98 victory in Game 6 that gave the Bucks their first NBA title in 50 years. In their only previous game this season, the Suns won 131-107 in Phoenix on February 10th.

This time, Antetokunbo had 19 points, 13 rebounds and six assists in 31 minutes before committing a foul with 1:12 for the end.

The Suns played without Devin Booker and Chris Paul. Booker, who lost his third consecutive game due to health and safety protocol in the NBA. Paul broke his right thumb on February 16.

Phoenix was also without Cam Johnson, two days after scoring 38 points in the 115-114 victory over the New York Knicks.

Deandre Ayton led the Suns with 30 points. Cam Payne got 23, Landry Shamet 17 and Mikal Bridges 14.

Serge Ibaka had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Bucks. Jordan Nvora had 12 points and Grayson Allen had 10.

The Suns were ahead 107-102 when Antetokunbo remained on the bench after scoring his fifth foul with 7:40 remaining.

Elsewhere in the NBA:

Indiana 123 – Washington 133
IND:
Malcolm Brogdon got 27 points
IT WAS: Christaps Porzingis scored a total of 25 points

Memphis 112 – Houston 123
SAME:
Desmond Bain got 28 points
HOO: Kevin Porter Jr. had 29 points and five assists

Utah 116 – Oklahoma City 103
UTA:
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 35 points
OKAY : Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 33 points and eight assists

New Orleans – Denver
NO:
NEST:

New York-Los Angeles Clippers
New York:
LAKE: