Jayson Tatum made franchise history — and he passed a Boston Celtics legend in the process. The C’s blazed their way to a seven-game win streak after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night 112-111. Despite what had been a banged-up roster just a short time ago, Boston’s starting lineup of Jaylen Brown, Gordon…
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, Boston’s starting lineup of Jaylen Brown, Gordon Hayward, Daniel Theis, Kemba Walker, and Tatum made their presence known, combining for 96 points. Tatum played a large part of that, coming up with 26 points and 11 rebounds in just under 35 minutes of play. This marked the 21-year-old forward’s fifth consecutive game of at least 25 points, making him the youngest player in Celtics history to hit that mark. So who did he pass as the previous youngest player to do so? Celtics legend Larry Bird, who hit the same mark when he was 23.
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