Marcus Smart hit Jayson Tatum for a cutting layup with zero seconds left on the clock, and the second-seeded Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-114 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
The bucket spoiled Nets star and Boston villain Kyrie Irving’s game-high 39 points.
The Celtics led by as many as 15 points, and Kevin Durant had an uncharacteristically poor outing for the Nets, but Irving led a comeback in the face of a hostile crowd.
Jayson Tatum goes into his bag to create space with the stepback! #OwnYourRidges @jaytatum0 and the @celtics open their series against the Nets today with Game 1 at 3:30pm/et on ABC pic.twitter.com/lIdI0E9IuA
— NBA (@NBA) April 17, 2022
I love that the superstars played like superstars in Brooklyn vs. Boston Game 1. Kyrie put on a show for the Nets and Tatum and Brown played like superstars for the Celtics!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 17, 2022
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