“Spin the world with him” NBA Twitter goes berserk as Jayson Tatum scores ‘most outrageous’ buzzer beater to secure Celtics win over Nets in Game 1
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It seemed like Kyrie Irving has once again put the nail in the coffin for Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics as the Nets looked destined to win Game 1. The action being held at TD Garden, Irving drilled a three-pointer to issue his team’s lead but a timely layup from Jaylen Brown made sure that the home team in only 1-point behind entering the final possession.
However, with the Nets having to run the play on the backs of Kyrie Irving, he was immediately double-teamed by the Celtics’ defenders. As a result of which he indecisively passed the ball to Kevin Durant, who had the shot-clock running against him. Eventually, the latter’s half-hearted shot would not go in and the Celtics came with an opportunity to win the game with more than 12 seconds in hand.
Jayson Tatum makes Celtics fans lose their mind with insane buzzer beater
Fans thought Marcus Smart was willing to take the clutch shot, until he decided to cleverly fake away from couple of Nets defenders and pass the ball to Jayson Tatum in the paint. Who spun 360 degrees to score his career’s first buzzer beater against the Brooklyn Nets.
Although the layup gave the Nets no chance, yet the officials stopped the game promptly to re-check. However, until then it was too late for Tatum’s heroics to not be celebrated at TD garden.
Take a look at how fans reacted on the same-
Talking about the Nets vs Celtics showdown, Jayson Tatum scored team high 31 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists. Al Horford, Jaylen brown and Marcus Smart scored 20, 23 and 20 points respectively. The home bench only managed to score 17 points, although in their defense, they had only 3 players coming into the game.
On the other hand, Kyrie Irving was sensational with his game-high score of 39 points. Kevin Durant lacked firepower as he managed to register only 23 points against his name. However, Claxton and Dragic added 13 and 14 points for the away team.
With Game 1 showcasing what this first to 4 game series could be, will the Nets bounce back in game 2? Or are the Celtics going to find inspiration yet again? Remains to be seen.
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