Tatum was okay in absence, and J. Brown helped the Celtics dismantle the Magic, and the series won 2:0

Despite Tatum's absence in the first round of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs in G2 on the 24th, the defending Celtics relied on the all-around performance of J. Brown, the MVP of last year's finals, with 36 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists, to dismantle the Magic 109:100 and take a 2-0 lead in the series.

J. Brown

Tatum, who suffered discomfort in his right wrist after a heavy fall in the fourth quarter of the previous game, was sidelined today before the game, marking his first career playoff absence since joining the Celtics, and also interrupting his record of 114 consecutive playoff games.

The Celtics have an 8-2 record in the regular season without Tatum this season, and these two defeats happened to be against the Magic, but the Green Shirts today relied on J. Brown to score 12 points alone, and Porzingis scored 10 points in the second quarter, and the generals took turns to play and take a 50-47 lead at the end of the first half.

After the easy basket, J. Brown and Derrick White's three-point bounces helped the team pull out a 10-0 offensive, J. Brown scored another 13 points, and the Green Shirts led by up to 15 points, with an 81-71 lead to advance to the deciding quarter, although the Magic relied on Paolo Banchero's goal to chase down to only 5 points, but J. Brown can always score at the right time to return color, especially the last 1 minute and 36 seconds of the three-point shot, completely extinguishing the opponent's arrogance.

The Celtics had only eight players in the rotation, with five players scoring in double figures, J. Brown hit five three-pointers and scored 36 points, Porzingis had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Derrick White had 17 points, six rebounds and five assists, Holiday had 11 points and six assists, and Payton Pritchard of the Year Sixth Man of the Year had 14 points.

The Magic had Banchero with 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, while Wagner scored 25 points and will return to Orlando to face Celtic.