Tatum scored 32 of his 50 points in the second half, and the Celtics rallied to beat the Washington Wizards 118-100 in the play-in round on Tuesday night. “We haven’t shot well all year long but we’re not a 3-for-21 shooting team.”

The Celtics played without second-leading scorer Jaylen Brown, who had season-ending wrist surgery last week.

Washington closed to 91-84 in the fourth quarter, but Boston responded with a 15-6 run to push the lead to 106-88 with 5:32 to play. Raul Neto, who didn’t play in the final two games of the regular season because of a strained left hamstring, was in the starting lineup.