Making Celtics historical past shouldn’t be straightforward. This historic franchise has been residence to many Corridor of Fame gamers and coaches since its first season in 1946-47.
Jayson Tatum managed to make staff historical past Saturday evening by becoming a member of a statistical group occupied solely by Larry Chook. Tatum scored 29 factors with seven rebounds and three assists because the Celtics swept their back-to-back with the Charlotte Hornets to enhance to 6-1.
Tatum has tallied 210-plus factors, 50-plus rebounds and 30-plus assists by the primary seven video games of the season. Chook is the one different participant in Celtics historical past to attain that sort of stat line within the first seven video games of a marketing campaign.
- Larry Chook, 1984-85: 216 factors, 67 rebounds, 40 assists
- Jayson Tatum, 2024-25: 212 factors, 53 rebounds, 32 assists
Chook’s 216 factors in 1984-85 are probably the most ever by a Celtics participant by the primary seven video games of a season. Tatum ranks second and third on that checklist with 212 factors this season and 211 factors in 2022-23.
Chook finally completed the 1984-85 season averaging 28.7 factors, 10.5 rebounds and 6.6 assists per sport en path to his second of three straight league MVP awards. The Celtics reached the NBA Finals that season however misplaced to the Los Angeles Lakers in six video games.
Tatum remains to be pursuing his first MVP award, and he is off to a great begin with averages of 30.3 factors, 7.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.9 steals per sport, whereas capturing 48.2 p.c from the ground.
Tatum and the Celtics are again in motion Monday evening against the Hawks in Atlanta.
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