Tatum continues to shine in the American Basketball League (Maddy Mir / Getty)
Superstar record Jason Tatum 31 points to lead the Boston Celtics, leaders American Professional Basketball Leaguefor a landslide victory over its guest, the imperfect Brooklyn Nets (139-96), on Wednesday, while Damian Lillard continued his brilliance by scoring 42 points for the second match in a row.
The summit match came between the two rivals in the Eastern Province from one side, in which the Boston Celtics dominated and advanced from start to finish at the “TD Garden” stadium in front of its opponent, the Brooklyn Nets, minus its star Kevin Durant for injury.
Tatum scored seven hat-tricks and Gaylen Brown contributed 26 points in a match in which six players from the winner scored at least 10 points, while Kyrie Irving was the best of the guests, the Brooklyn Nets, with 20 points.
Boston made a strong start, scoring 46 points in the first quarter alone, including 18 for Tatum, who praised teammate Robert Williams, who scored 16 points and 9 rebounds.
In Memphis, Lillard continued his strong performances and scored 42 points for the second match in a row to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to victory over the Grizzlies 122-112, and Pat Lillard, who added 10 assists and 8 rebounds, ranked nineteenth alongside legend Shaquille O’Neal in the ranking of the most scored players. At least 40 points per match.
And he achieved this achievement in 49 matches so far in his career, after Lillard scored 9 points in the fourth quarter, while Anferini Simons added 14 of his 26 points, to outperform Portland Memphis 38-22 in the last quarter and seal the victory.
