Jayson Tatum's Rebounding Surge Boosts Celtics

0:00It's April 2nd, Boston Celtics news today starts now, AI powered and game ready. I'm Cory with the story. Jason Tatum dropped 25 points, 11 assists, and 18 rebounds, all defensive in the Celtics 147 to 129. Blowout over the Miami Heat. It was his first triple double since February, just one board shy of his career high on the glass. Once returning from his Achilles injury on March 6th, Tatum's averaging 9.8 rebounds over 12 games, leading the team with one, 118 total. His shootings rest the at 40.2% from the floor, and 32.1 from three. But he's owning the boards like a beast. Coach Brown called it exceptional, and the impact shows. Boston's grabbing 1.7 more rebounds per game, and three more defensive ones since. He came back. The rebound percentage jumped 1.8 overall, and 5.1 on defense. Upon his now-snag, just 24.9% of their own misses against the Celtics, down from 30%

1:03before, cutting second chance. Points to 11.4 from 14.8. That bolted Boston to top four in the league across all six key rebounding stats. With playoffs looming, Tatum's physical presence is turning a solid squad into an elite one. Rest are no rest on his jumper. They're looking.