Jayson Tatum gives Kobe Bryant over on the historic NBA list in Celtics' victory over Knicks

The Boston Celtics achieved a blowout victory over the New York Knicks in game 3 to bring their series 2-1. At the top of the victory was Jayson Tatum, who scored 22 points when he scored five 3 points.

The Celtics won the game exactly at 22, so Tatum's goal exit was literally the difference. With the 22-point performance, Tatum now has a total of 2,894 playoff points. This is very impressive, knowing that Tatum is only 27 years old.

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As it turns out, Tatum achieved how many achieve him among NBA players with 27 or younger points. The only one before Tatum is LeBron James, who achieved 3,275 at this age.

Tatum is not only in front of James, he also exceeded Los Angeles Laker's legend Kobe Bryant. The late NBA legend scored 2,889 points until the age of Tatum. Tatum briefly exceeded him before his performance in game 2 was completed. The two were bound until Tatum scored his last three games.

Statisticians Dick Lipe confirmed that Tatum exceeded Bryant as soon as the former hit it. Tatum achieved two more to get forward.