WASHINGTON -- This was quite a way for Jayson Tatum to break out of his shooting slump.
Tatum scored 51 points -- 48 in the first three quarters -- to help the Boston Celtics breeze to a 116-87 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday.
Tatum made nine 3-pointers and shot 18-of-28 from the field. That was after he shot 0-for-17 from beyond the arc in his previous three games.
"When you're missing shots, you know what you're capable of, and sometimes you've got to laugh it off," Tatum said.