NBA: Tatum's OT Buzzer-Beater Caps 40-Point Night as Celtics Edge Nets 125-124 for Third Straight Win
In an NBA Eastern Conference game on the night of October 27 at TD Garden in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the Boston Celtics beat the visiting Brooklyn Nets 125-124 in overtime for their third straight win, as Celtics star Jayson Tatum hit a jumper at the overtime buzzer and finished with 40 points.
Tatum shot 10 of 20 from the field and made a career-high 18 free throws on 22 attempts, adding eight assists and five rebounds. Paul George added 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Boston, and Derrick White scored 16. For Brooklyn, Michael Porter Jr. had 27 points and 12 rebounds, Julius Randle finished with 24 points and nine rebounds, and rookie Mikel Brown Jr. scored 17.
Brooklyn led 109-104 late in the fourth quarter before Brown Jr. hit a tying 3-pointer in the final second of regulation to force overtime. In the extra period the Nets led 124-123 when Brown Jr. missed a layup with 2.3 seconds left; Boston rebounded and Tatum sank the winner. The Nets fell to 0-4 and next host the Detroit Pistons, while the Celtics next host the Chicago Bulls.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 凯尔特人球员 Jayson Tatum（资料图）。Erik Drost 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Celtics player Jayson Tatum (file photo). Photo by Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
