A stat you won't hear very often: Celtics have more blocked shots than the Mavs have assists.
Dick Lipe
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Dick Lipe
@DickLipe
NBC Sports Boston Celtic statistician and researcher. Longtime Bentley University SID who retired at the end of 2025 following nearly 50 years of service.
Joined November 2013
- The closing bursts by the Celtics in the 3 clutch games in the series: Game 1: 23-13 over the final 6:45 Game 3: 15-4 over the final 3:00 Game 4: 15-4 over the final 5:50 That's big time!
- Players in NBA playoff history with at least 10 rebounds, 5 three-pointers, 5 assists and 3 blocks. Al Horford, tonight No one else.
- Celtics are the first team in NBA finals history to have seven players make at least 2 three-pointers!
- Tatum is the first player in NBA history, regular season or playoff, to have at least 35 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds, 4 three-pointers and a shooting line of at least .600/.800/1.000. Incredible!
- Only two forwards in NBA history have had at least 62 points, 15 rebounds and 16 assists in season's first 2 games: Bird in 1987 and Tatum this year.
- MOST GAMES THIS SEASON WITH 25+ PTS & 0 TURNOVERS 7 Tyrese Maxey, PHI 6 JAYLEN BROWN, BOS 6 Keegan Murray, DEN 6 Kawhi Leonard, LAC 6 Jalen Brunson, NY
- Jayson Tatum is the first player in NBA playoff history with 35+ points, 12+ FT and 1.000 FT PCT in consecutive games. He also had 14 rebounds and 3 steals tonight.
- That fadeaway at the end of the third was Tatum's 22nd basket of the season in the final 5 seconds of a quarter. That's the most in the NBA, with SGA second with 19.
- Boston, for the first time in 65 years, have a 3-0 series lead in the Finals! The only other time in franchise history that happened was against the Minneapolis in 1959. The Celtics have won 10 straight playoff games overall and eight in a row on the road.
- With his last basket, Tatum moved ahead of Kobe Bryant into 2nd place for the most playoff points scored at age 27 or younger. 3275 LeBron James 2892 Jayson Tatum 2889 Kobe Bryant 2620 Kevin Durant
- For the first time in the Celtics' long postseason history, they have won eight consecutive games!
- 20 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Tatum is the first player in NBA playoff history (play-by-play era) to have hit all those marks by halftime!
- Tatum has his 24th career playoff game with at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. That ties him with Bill Russell, Charles Barkley and Hakeem Olajuwon for 10th most all-time.