Jayson Tatum squeezed off a deep 3-pointer while drawing a foul and hitting the floor with 34 seconds left in the second quarter. It was one of three threes hit by the Celtics star in a 2:12 stretch, but even for him this one was a surprise.
Before picking himself up off the floor to hit the free throw and complete the four-point play, Tatum mouthed a big, “wow.”
That describes where the Celtics found themselves following Sunday’s 139-110 win over a lineup of Grizzlies bench players. Coupled with Milwaukee’s star-less loss to Cleveland earlier in the day, the win earned the Celtics the second seed in the Eastern Conference, and the winner of the Brooklyn/Cleveland play-in game.
