The day of this Friday, February 9, Jayson Tatum lived an excellent night again before Washington Wizards. Tatum led another win for Boston Celtics with 35 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.
The Boston team continues its firm step at the top of the Eastern Conference and this is, to a large extent, thanks Jayson Tatum. The squad has 40 wins and 12 losses, far from second place, they are Cleveland Cavalierswho have a record of 34 and 16.
Well, with his performance on this last NBA date, Jayson Tatum equaled a historical record of the legendary Boston Celtics player, Larry Bird. Tatum, at 25 years old, is leaving some fantastic numbers.
Jayson Tatum continued making history with the Boston Celtics
Jayson Tatum Not only is he one of the best Boston Celtics players today, but he is on his way to finding a golden place in the team’s history. This is not just any data, since we are talking about the most successful team in the NBA.
Players like Bill Russell, Paul Pierce, Robert Parish y Larry Bird, have worn the Boston Celtics jersey, leaving their name written in the team’s history. Well, it’s time for Jayson Tatum who, if he continues his impeccable path, puts several of the most iconic brands in the club’s history in danger.
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John Havlicek He is the franchise’s all-time leading scorer with 26,395 points. They continue Paul Pierce (24.021) y Larry Bird (21,791), these being the only three names that exceed 20,000 cards with the Boston Celtics. Well, Jayson Tatum at his young age, challenges figures of two of these greats.
With his 35 points this Friday against Wizards, Tatum equaled Larry Bird with 127 games with more than 30 points in his first seven years with the franchise. The third with the most crashes, exceeding thirty cards, is Paul Pierce with 120, seven less than Tatum and Bird. All this is based on data offered by the prestigious StatMuse site.
So far, even the average points of Jayson Tatum in his first seasons with Boston, it is higher than several of the franchise’s historical percentages. The 25-year-old with his 22.9 cards per game surpasses Pierce (21.8) and Havlicek (20.8), while he is only surpassed by the 24.3 of Larry Bird. Let’s remember that we are comparing Tatum with the three all-time leading scorers of the Boston Celtics.
2024-02-10 16:44:45
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