Tatum stars in 113-95 win despite ankle injury – NBC Sports Boston

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Jayson Tatum steered Boston from the get-go, but couldn’t finish the game after rolling his ankle on a late closeout by Domantas Sabonis.Payton Pritchard and the bench played a key role in Joe Mazzulla’s eight-man rotationJaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday each had quiet games, but got help from elsewhere.New soon-to-be majority owner William Chisholm was in attendance in Sacramento.

The Boston Celtics are lighting the beam.

Boston on Monday got its revenge on the Sacramento Kings, winning in a 113-95 road rout after its 114-97 home loss on January 10.

Sacramento led by as much as nine points midway through the first quarter, with Keegan Murray and Keon Ellis getting off to fast starts in the absence of Malik Monk (illness). But Jayson Tatum did Jayson Tatum things to pull it back, logging 11 points and five assists, including one that set up Payton Pritchard’s buzzer-beating triple that gave Boston a 30-29 lead after one.

After a heavy back-and-forth second 12 minutes, Boston eventually extended its lead to five at 56-51 thanks to a mini late push. Tatum still led the Celtics with 17 points and six assists on 4-for-7 3-point shooting, while Pritchard’s 14 points off the bench was more than any King at that point.

Boston then pushed its lead to 14 late in the third quarter following a Kristaps Porzingis 3-pointer, but maintained an 88-78 advantage going into the final 12 minutes. Tatum increased his point total to 25 despite suffering an ankle injury on a late closeout by Domantas Sabonis, while Porzingis got up to 14 points.

The Celtics simply saw out the game in the fourth, with Sacramento putting up little resistance with 17 points in the quarter. Baylor Scheierman got in on the action in a big game for the bench.

With the Phoenix Suns next on Wednesday, here are three takeaways from the Celtics’ win over the Kings:

Jayson Tatum stars prior to ankle injury

This game was all about Tatum for the majority of the first three quarters. Tatum posted a game-high 25 points to go with eight assists and seven rebounds on 8-for-15 shooting overall and 5-for-9 from beyond the arc….

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