NEW YORK (AP) - Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum scored his 10,000th profession point in the second quarter of Saturday's 124-114 success over the Brooklyn Nets.
The 25-year-old Tatum is the most youthful player in establishment history to score 10,000 focuses. The past record holder was Antoine Walker, who was 26.
"It's sort of difficult to process," Tatum said. "At the time, it's an enormous achievement. I'm very honored to be important for a particularly extraordinary establishment. What's more, I've quite recently been lucky to be in a few great groups; have some outrageously great mentors and clearly have a few extraordinary colleagues that have added to 10,000 focuses en route."
With 5:05 leftover in the quarter, Tatum crashed into the path, turned and changed over the layup while drawing a foul on Brooklyn monitor Cam Thomas. Tatum then thumped down the free toss to give Boston a 52-48 lead.
Tatum, drafted No. 3 in general in 2017, is averaging 29.8 focuses per game this season. He completed the game with 32 places and 11 bounce back, one of five Celtics to complete in twofold figure scoring for Boston, which improved to 5-0 this season.
"He appears for work each and every day," Celtics mentor Joe Mazzulla said. "He invests the effort and he devotes his life to it. He doesn't miss days. He doesn't miss rehearses, games. What's more, simply his liberality and needing to be instructed and needing to be held to an exclusive requirement. At the point when you have folks like that — that you can mentor — it additionally permits you to free the best once again from every other person as he's part of the gang that establishes the vibe for us."
Tatum is the tenth player in NBA history to arrive at 10,000 profession focuses before his 26th birthday celebration, joining LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady, Devin Booker, Weave McAdoo, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Dwight Howard.
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