On a night he struggled in Game 1, Jayson Tatum’s talented Celtics teammates picked him up
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Tatum’s 100th career playoff game was a dud — an ostensible gift from the Basketball Gods for the Cleveland Cavaliers. It hardly mattered or slowed down the Green. Even with Tatum struggling by his lofty superstar standards, the Celtics pasted the Cavaliers, 120-95, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Tuesday night at TD Garden. The rest of the Eastern Conference teams should swap scouting reports for prayer hymnals. If the Celtics are going to play like this on a night when Jayson Tatum was a mere mortal...
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