In a series that forced the Celtics to shift away from their usual style, the Magic never solved the Tatum problem. He slammed the door on them with 35 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in Game 5 after dominating crunch time of Game 4 in a 37-point-14-rebound outing.

After moving on to the second round and awaiting the winner of the New York Knicks vs. Detroit Pistons matchup, Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum was impressed in their opening series matchup. Defeating the Orlando Magic in five games in the first round,

If the wrist that Tatum injured in Game 1 bothered him at all in any of the games he played, he never showed it. The post Jayson Tatum scores 35 as Celtics surge past Magic and into second round: Takeaways appeared first on Boston.