CelticsBlog · Jan 5, 2021
Confidence game: Celtics young guns step up against Raptors
Photo by Scott Audette/NBAE via Getty Images“Tatum was tremendous tonight, but we had a lot of really good performances,” head coach Brad Stevens said after Jayson Tatum finished with 40 points in a 126-114 win over the Toronto Raptors.
Tatum finished one point shy of another career high and his performance--along with the rise of fellow franchise cornerstone, Jaylen Brown--throughout the start of the season has been the headline of the year so far. However, it’s been the uneven development of a second unit primarily made up of rookies and sophomores that has frustrated the fans. On Monday night on the back end of a back-to-back, everything seemed to come together.