It was the longest buzzer-beater by a Celtic since 2000.
Jayson Tatum drilled a 30-footer at the buzzer Saturday night, lifting the Celtics to a 126-123 overtime victory over the plucky Raptors.
It wasn’t a picturesque play, but Tatum made the most of the situation to hit one of the most dramatic shots of his career to this point.
Here are five stats to know following his late-game heroics:It was his second career game-winning buzzer-beater.
Do you remember the first? It came in the 2022 playoffs, in Game 1 of the opening round against Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets.
Jaylen Brown found Marcus Smart on the wing. Smart drove, as Tatum slipped past Kevin Durant, and passed it to a cutting Tatum. Tatum spun past Irving and skillfully laid it up and in as time expired.
