Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown combine for 71 points in double-digit comeback vs. Hornets

The Boston Celtics have gotten nice video games from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown this season, however by no means on the identical time. When Brown scored 46 factors in an opening-night loss to the New York Knicks, Tatum shot 7-of-30 from the sector. When Tatum scored 31 factors in Sunday’s win over the Houston Rockets, Brown missed the sport totally. Boston’s hopes this season relaxation on each Tatum and Brown buzzing, and on Monday, they did simply that. 

The Charlotte Hornets led the Celtics by 12 with beneath six minutes to play on Monday, however Brown and Tatum simply would not let the Celtics lose. The pair mixed for 71 factors—41 for Tatum and 30 for Brown—to guide the comeback effort. When the sport reached additional time, it was Brown’s breakaway dunk within the additional body that finally sealed the victory for Boston. 

The loss was Charlotte’s first this season, and it obtained Boston again as much as .500 at 2-2. Contemplating all of the Celtics needed to overcome early on, that is fairly a feat. Each Brown and Al Horford contracted COVID-19 simply earlier than the season, and Horford missed the win over Charlotte. Boston’s depth has needed to carry it within the early going, however the Celtics, happily, have loads of it. The Celtics obtained 23 factors and 36 minutes out of Dennis Schroder, whom they landed for simply the taxpayer mid-level exception. Minimal-salary veteran Jabari Parker gave them 13 factors of his personal. 

That depth goes to be Boston’s pathway to rivalry this season. Tatum and Brown each made the All-Star Recreation final season, however the Celtics have been nonetheless a play-in workforce as a result of the remainder of their roster struggled. However now, their younger gamers are a 12 months older, Brad Stevens has fortified the bench by means of trades, and with the bargains they’ve collected, they are going to have the ability to win video games even when Tatum and Brown do not rating 70. That is a scary proposition to Jap Convention opponents.