The Celtics won a thrilling season-opener over the Bucks on Wednesday, 122-121. Jayson Tatum banked in the go-ahead shot with 0.4 seconds remaining.
Tatum opening night game winner over Giannis ud83dude24ud83dude24ud83dude24 pic.twitter.com/WhJh6Sqscl
— ESPN (@espn) December 24, 2020
Boston will play the Brooklyn Nets on Christmas Day at 5 p.m.
Elsewhere, the Bruins’ schedule for the upcoming season was announced. Boston begins Jan. 14 against the New Jersey Devils.
Paul Pierce’s reaction to Jayson Tatum’s clutch shot: Former Celtic Paul Pierce watched Tatum’s late-game heroics — banking in a deep 3-pointer to give Boston the lead — and decided to weigh in on Twitter with a timely reference:
I didn’t call bank I called game #jt0
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) December 24, 2020
Pierce famously hit a playoff-winner for the Washington Wizards in 2015 on a bank shot, declaring afterward that he “called game.