If TD Garden has been louder than it was as Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum sealed the Celtics’ 115 – 114 win over the Brooklyn Nets, we certainly can’t recall it. But the play, which saw veteran point guard Marcus Smart pass up a contested shot for an open, slashing Tatum, caused a raucous eruption already piled onto the animated Garden crowd still not quite recovered from another game-saving play from Jaylen Brown just seconds earlier.
The reaction on the NBA’s unofficial social media outlet of Twitter was nearly as animated as the fans in the arena were, with Celtics analysts and fans alike having a happy meltdown as the timeclock expired with Boston on top by a point — and a game, in the series.
Let’s take a look at some of the better reactions to Tatum’s amazing shot.