East Conf. Finals Game 1 - Cleveland Cavaliers 83-108 Boston Celtics - 5 Talking Points

#2 The Jays were knocking down their Js

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are two of the best young players in the NBA right now, and they've proved that over and over again through the course of this postseason. They happened to bring out just another exhibit of this in the biggest game of their lives so far, combining to score 39 points on just 27 shots.

Rookie of the Year contender Jayson Tatum did not take many shots in the first quarter, but he finished it off with a floater from the baseline, cool as you like. He played 37 minutes on the night - the most for any Celtics starter - and he had their largest +/- of +27 while scoring 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 2 steals. On both ends of the floor, the rookie-who-plays-like-a-veteran never lost his head for once, always making the right basketball play and driving his team to a blockbuster victory.

Sophomore guard Jaylen Brown was even more impressive than his teammate. Brown was aggressive on both ends of the floor, and he picked up right where he left off against the Sixers in Game 5 as he scored 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the field. Brown also shot 3-of-5 from 3-point range while doing so, and he stuffed the stat sheet pretty much like Tatum in compiling 8 rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal with a +/- of +14 during 28 minutes of playing time.

When these young studs perform as well as they did, the Celtics tend to win a lot of games.