Boston Celtics All-NBA small forward Jayson Tatum has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 4 to 10, his second such honor of his career.
Averaging per game career highs in points (26.9), rebounds (7.1) and assists (3.8) while shooting more efficiently than ever from 3-point range (43.8%) and from the free throw line (88.9%), the Duke product’s seemingly inexorable growth towards top-five player status in the league has continued apace in 2020-21, the 40-point game he unleashed against a reeling Toronto Raptors in Tampa Florida early in the week just a hint of the depths of his powers.
Waylaid by a mercifully asymptomatic COVID-19 case at present, it may be some time before we see Tatum back on the court to continue that progression, so let’s take a look at his top-ten highest scoring games of his career so far.