Tatum's Breakthrough Game Boosts Celtics

0:00It's March 30th. From the locker room to your ears, this is Boston Celtics news today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. The Boston Celtics are on a tear. Beating up Eastern Conference playoff squads left and right, capping it off with a solid win over the Charlotte. Hornets on Sunday, Jason Tatum dropped 32 points on 12 of 23 shooting, grabbed 5 rebounds and dished 8 assists, his best game back from. That Achilles Tweet, at Hot Streak, including a solid showing against the Atlanta Hawks before that, landed Tatum Eastern Conference player of the week honors. Nikola Jokech shook the western nod as usual for the Denver Big Man. Fans and analysts are buzzing because Tatum still shaking off some rust, looking cautious on that leg at times, but Sunday felt like a breakthrough. Boston's pulled ahead of the New York Knicks for that second seed in the East, just like they held last year. Tatum sitting out tonight's rematch in Atlanta, at 7.30pm, Eastern Time Smart move on the back-to-back, but Jalen Brown and Derek White return after missing

1:04the Hornets game. If Tatum keeps cooking like that come playoffs, the Celtics could go deep again. No doubt building serious momentum right now.