Jayson Tatum recorded 32 points, nine rebounds and five assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 116-115 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.
Robert Williams III added 16 points and seven rebounds and Marcus Smart had 13 points and seven assists. Norman Powell added 20 points and CJ McCollum had 16 points as Portland lost for the fifth time in the past seven games.Watch more in iWantTFC Tatum made two free throws to give the Celtics a 113-112 advantage with 40.4 seconds to play. Lillard missed a shot for Portland with 33.2 seconds left before Tatum nailed a clutch 3-pointer with 7.8 seconds remaining to give Boston a four-point lead.
Lillard got the rebound but since Portland was out of timeouts, there was nothing he could do but throw an 80-footer that was well wide of the mark.Portland connected on 47.8 percent of its shots and was 17 of 43 from behind the arc.Lillard hit a 3-pointer to start a 7-0 run as the Trail Blazers crept within 107-106 with 2:49 left. Robert Williams scored in the interior to put the Celtics up by three before Lillard drained another trey to tie it at 109 with 2:03 remaining.
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