Jayson Tatum won 35 points to help Orlando Magic’s first round of playoff series with the 120-89 Game 5 victory of the Boston Celtics Eastern Conference.
Tatum was 16 years old and added eight rebounds and 10 assists, while he made 11 free throw attempts and Celtics completed his first round series in five matches in five consecutive matches. Jaylen Brown added 23 points for Celtics, who left 73-40 Magic behind in the second half.
Despite the 25 points of Franz Wagner, the magic lost the sixth first round series until 2010-11. Paolo Banchero collected 19 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Wendell Carter Jr. He added 12 points and 10 rebounds.
The second -seed Boston, Banchero, was called for the fifth foul with 9:46 in the third quarter and seized control after going to the bank. At that time it was 53-53, but Celtics left behind the seventh seed Magic 36-13 in the third and had an advantage of 83-62 in the fourth place. Boston ran 24-4 in the third quarter.
Orlando had 15-3 edges in the attack rebounds, but 38 of the 3-point area hit. Magic hit 37.5 percent of the field in the game (33 of 88).
Celtics did not make a 3-processor until I was connected to 10:22 in the third quarter, but in general, 13 out of 24 attempts. Boston was 76 years old (56.6 percent) in the game.
Guard Jrue Holiday, who kidnapped his third straight game with a tense right hamstring, was without Holiday.
Orlando increased 27-23 after a quarter and fired 36.2 percent (47 percent) from the field for the first two quarters, but 49-47 circuits took ahead. Boston also missed six of the 3 -point attempt in the first half.
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