Jayson Tatum broke the all-time record held by Larry Bird in the NBA

The player tied Gilbert Arenas for the third-best performance in NBA history on Luther King Day and was one point behind second place Kemba Walker -52 in 2016- and ten of Damian Lillard’s 61 in 2020.

Jason Tatum destroyed the Charlotte Hornets with 51 points and seven triples in the Boston Celtics’ 130-118 win, in the special game program of National Basketball Association for him Martin Luther King Day and surpassed a historical record set by Larry Bird.

The leader of Celtics he broke the fifty-point barrier for the fifth time in his career and scored 18 in the fourth quarter, key to thwarting several proud comeback attempts. trumpet. His game ended with three consecutive triples for 51 points, with nine rebounds and five assists, on a day where the Celtics they are unreliable Jaylen Brownlow due to injury.

Tatum, the beast of the fourth stage

Tatum He capped off his big day with a series of stunning plays. He scored 18 points in the final segment, with four of five three-pointers, and buried the locals’ comeback ambitions. He also sealed three consecutive triples in the final period that allowed him to break the fifty point barrier and sentenced the clash of Charlotte.

But the 24-year-old forward has also broken records and slipped into an elite group. He is the fourth in history to score 50 or more points in the Martin Luther King Dayafter Damian Lillard did it in 2020. As if that wasn’t enough, he is the sixth all-time to achieve multiple games with that annotation, joining legends like withered chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LeBron James Y Rick Barry.

Tatum also broke the all-time record for Celtics, as he officially became the player with the most games of 50 or more goals in franchise history. In five, while he surpassed what an institution legend did like Larry Birdwhich remained at four.