Jason Tatum scores a Game 7 record with 51 points, Celtics beat 76 to 112-88

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Jason Tatum Scored 51 points – the most in Game 7 in NBA history – and Boston Celtics hit the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers Sunday’s 112-88 advances to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second year in a row.

In one game after missing 14 of his first 15 shots only to wake up in the fourth quarter, Tatum got the fast start the Celtics needed. He scored 25 in the first period back-and-forth and another 17 in the third quarter 33-10 Boston that converted a three-point lead into the Runaways.

Celtics, who lost to Golden State Warriors In the NBA Last year’s finals, you will face Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, which begin Wednesday in Boston.

Tatum broke the 7 game record Stephen Curry Set with 50 pips two weeks ago vs Sacramento He added 13 follow-ups.

Jaylen Brown He scored 25 points for the Celtics, who rallied from a 3-2 deficit in a best-of-seven series to keep alive their hopes of an unprecedented 18th NBA championship. Tatum was knocked out with three minutes left to a standing ovation from the crowd that quickly erupted into a “Beat the Heat!” hymn.

Newly crowned NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid Scored 15 points on 5-for-18 shooting, and Tobias Harris Scored 19 for Philadelphia. The Sixers lost in the Conference Semifinals for the third year in a row, and the fifth time in six seasons. They haven’t advanced further since reaching the NBA Finals in 2001.

Tatum started 0-for-6 in the Game 5 loss and missed 14 of his first 15 shots overall from the floor in Game 6 before exploding for four three-pointers in the final 4:14 to force a deciding game seven.

Picking up where he left off, he scored Boston’s first basket and 11 points in the first quarter, 14 more in the second and single-handedly beat the Sixers, 17-10, in the third. The 33-10 edge in the third quarter was the most lopsided Game 7 quarter since at least 1997.

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Brown started the game in the black mask he had been wearing since breaking a bone in his face before the All-Star break. He took it off and quickly sucked the elbow to his face James Hardenwhich was evaluated as a fatal error.

Brown continued without the mask but ended the half with a pop to his left nose. He also played with an advantage, making fumbled shots and following them up with steals and tackles as Boston went on a 9-0 run to erase a 35-26 deficit.

Brown also dunked the Sixers bench to save the ball, and then talked the bench afterward George Niang He grabbed his leg and stopped him from returning to court. Both players had a technical foul.

Robert Williams He followed the uproar with a layup that tied for 35-all.

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Sixers coach Doc Rivers is 6-10 in games seven. The ten defeats are five more than any other coach in the NBA and three more than Mike Babcock and Bruce Boudreau of the NHL. His teams are 6-16 in their last 22 chances to shut out a rival in the playoff series.

“It’s such an honor to continue to get teams to these places,” he said before the game. “There are people, your friends who look at you like, ‘Why do you like this? And that’s what it’s about. You put yourself out there because you want to win. And you know if you do, you have to put yourself in those situations over and over again. And he deserves it. He deserves it. That’s what you guys said.”

Hint

Tatum is just the sixth player since 1997 to score 25 or more points in the first game of the seventh inning. was the last Luka Doncicwhich he had 29 vs clippers In the first round of the 2021 playoffs. Paul Pierce scored 26 for the Celtics vs Cleveland In the second round in 2008. … the 10 points scored by Philadelphia were tied for the fewest in any quarter game 7 in the shot clock era.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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