The Celtics won their seventh straight game Monday, beating the Hornets for the second time in three days.
Here are the takeaways.
1. Jayson Tatum scored 51 points. He has topped the 50-point mark seven times if you count the playoffs and five if you don’t. In either case, he has done it more than any other Celtic in team history. Assuming Tatum continues to play in Boston, he is on track to become a very noteworthy member in a pantheon crowded with noteworthy members.
On Monday, the Celtics needed 48 of Tatum’s 51, as the Hornets surged back in the fourth quarter.