“Jayson Tatum Makes History with 51-Point Performance as Boston Celtics Advance to Eastern Conference Finals”

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Newspaper La Jornada
Monday May 15, 2023, p. 5

With a historic performance by Jayson Tatum, the Boston Celtics crushed the Philadelphia 76ers of Joel Embiid and James Harden 112-88 this Sunday in the seventh and final game of this NBA Eastern Conference semifinal.

The Celtics, current runners-up, settled the tie with a 4-3 aggregate and will now face the Miami Heat in the Eastern final, while the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers will meet in the Western.

These conference finals will be an exact rediposition of the playoffs of 2020, held behind closed doors due to a pandemic at the Disney World (Orlando) sports complex, where the Lakers were crowned after beating Miami.

Tatum was the absolute star of the game with 51 points, the most in a seventh postseason game. He also made six triples, 13 rebounds and five assists.

The Sixers stars starred in an absolute wreck under the pressure cooker at the TD Garden. Embiid, the brand new MVP of the season, stayed at 15 points and Harden at nine, with a disastrous statistic between the two of 8 of 29 (27.5 percent) from the field.

The Sixers, who blew their big chance to qualify in front of their home crowd on Thursday, conceded their fifth conference semifinal elimination in the past six seasons.

Those of Boston, on the other hand, add their fifth appearance in the conference final in seven years.

On the other hand, point guard Ja Morant, one of the young stars of the NBA, was separated from the Grizzlies by another video in which he appears holding a firearm. We are aware of what happenedthe team reported. He is suspended from all activities pending review by the league.claimed the franchise, which is already eliminated from the postseason.