Celtics’ Jayson Tatum scores 60 points in one game
5/6/2021, 6 p.m.
Jayson Tatum has joined the legendary Larry Bird at the top of one of the Boston Celtics’ all-time lists.
Boston’s first round draft choice in 2017 out of Duke University, Tatum erupted for 60 points April 30 in the host Celtics’ 143-140 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
That matches the 60 points Bird scored for the Celtics in 1985.
Other scoring bonanzas by Celtics players are 56 points by Kevin McHale in 1985, 53 by Bird in 1983, 53 by Tatum this season, 52 by Isaiah Thomas in 2016, 51 by Sam Jones in 1965, 50 by Bird in 1986 and 1989, and 50 by Paul Pierce in 2006.
In 45 minutes of action against the Spurs, Tatum was 20 for 37 from the field (5-of-7 beyond the arc) and 15 for 17 at the foul line. He also had eight rebounds and five assists.
The NBA all-time, single-game record of 100 points was set by the Philadelphia Warriors’ Wilt Chamberlain against the New York Knicks, in a 1962 game in Hershey, Penn.
