Jayson Tatum received the pass in the right corner behind the 3-point line, directly in front of the Pistons' bench, and Detroit’s coaching staff, including former Celtics assistant Jerome Allen, practically begged its players to come help. Bojan Bogdanović eventually made a few steps over, but it was too late as Tatum rose over Jalen Duren, with the defender’s hand in his face.
Splash.
Tatum turned around to look at the Pistons bench as he skipped away, and seemed to have a word or two to say. But they had no answers.
On a night the Celtics were severely short-handed — down Jaylen Brown, Al Horford and Malcolm Brogdon — Tatum more than made up for it with another MVP-caliber performance. He scored 43 points, including 28 during a spectacular second half, as the Celtics pulled away for their sixth consecutive victory, a 117-108 win over the Pistons.
