“I think it’s just a feel for the game,” Tatum said of his clutch shots with players around him.
The Celtics matched their largest lead of the game on Walker’s 3 from the right wing, giving them a 68-57 edge early in the third quarter, before Beal scored eight of Washington’s points during a 12-2 run over a 5:03 stretch. Missed their initial eight shots of the game and didn’t get their first basket until Bertans’ 3 just past halfway into the opening quarter.
Celtics: Jaylen Brown missed the game with left knee soreness.