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Jayson Tatum called game on Tuesday night, but only after a brutal mistake from Mikel Brown on the other end.
Tatum drilled a buzzer-beater to lift the Boston Celtics past the Brooklyn Nets 125-124 on Tuesday. He took two dribbles off an inbounds pass and expertly pulled up from the elbow to hit a jumper he’s made countless times in his career right as time expired.
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Tatum simply jogged the other way with his hand in the air as TD Garden erupted.
That shot was only made possible after Brown made a critical mistake on the other end. With the Nets up by one, all Brown had to do was sit tight and take a foul or let time expire. There were only seconds remaining on the clock, and absolutely no need to rush things.
Instead, Brown saw a path to the rim and took it. He missed the left-handed layup and crashed down to the court hard as the Celtics took possession.
That gave Boston one final chance, which Tatum capitalized on.
“It’s a broken play. I blame me,” Brown said, via the New York Post’s Brian Lewis. “We weren’t supposed to switch that and I switched it. Made a couple of mistakes down the stretch that hurt us.
“So I’m gonna take the blame on it, learn from it [and] get prepared for next game.”
Tatum finished with 40 points and eight assists, and made a career-high 18 free throws in the win for the Celtics. Paul George had 20 points with 7 rebounds and 7 assists, and Derrick White finished with 16 points. The win was Boston’s third in a row, and the Celtics now sit at 3-1 on the new season.
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Brown’s mistake is going to overshadow everything else, and rightfully so, but he had an impressive night otherwise. Brown, who the Nets took with the No. 6 overall draft pick out of Louisville earlier this year, had 17 points off the bench and hit an off-balanced 3-pointer to send the game into overtime.
The Nets were in lockstep with the Celtics nearly the entire way. White put the Celtics up by five with just 13 seconds left in regulation with a pair of free throws. But Brown scored five straight points himself, including two more at the stripe after a take foul, to keep the Nets alive.
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Author : Ryan Young
Publish date : 2026-10-28 02:39:00
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