Top 5 Jayson Tatum playoff records ahead of 2024 NBA Finals

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No. 3 - Tied with multiple players to lead a team in points, rebounds and assists and reach the NBA Finals

Jayson Tatum is averaging 26.0 points, 10.4 rebounds and 5.9 assists in 14 Celtics playoff games.

He leads the team in each of those categories, allowing him to join a select few to accomplish such a feat. Before him, only Nikola Jokic (2023), Tim Duncan (2003), Jason Kidd (2002) and LeBron James 2012-15) have had that distinction.

Incredibly enough, Luka Doncic, Tatum’s main opponent in the 2024 NBA Finals, also earned his way into the list.

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No. 2 - Most points in a Game 7

In Game 7 of the second-round series between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers in 2023. Jayson Tatum lit up the hapless Sixers with 51 points on 17-for-28 shooting, including 6-for-10 3-pointers and 11-for-14 free throws.

Before that, Steph Curry had held the record when he had 50 versus the Sacramento Kings that same year.

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No. 1 - Most points through the first seven seasons in the playoffs

In Game 2 against the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals this year, Jayson Tatum dropped a modest 23 points.

Coming into the game, he needed just six points to own perhaps the most impressive playoff record of his career. Tatum surpassed Celtics legend Larry Bird for most points in the first seven postseasons in the NBA.

“Larry Legend” had 2,515, while Tatum had 2,600 after the Celtics eliminated the Pacers in Game 4 on Monday. Third on the list is a certain Michael Jordan who compiled 2,425 in his first seven playoff years with the Chicago Bulls.