Jayson Tatum’s Big Night Vs. Bulls summed up in four wild stats – NBC Sports Boston

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Celtics star Jayson Tatum became the first Boston player since Larry Bird to record a 40-point triple-double during Saturday’s win over the Bulls in Chicago. Tatum posted 43 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in Boston’s 123-98 triumph.

After such a great night, we had to dig a little deeper into the data. Here are four more numbers that underscored just how dominant Tatum was Saturday night:

Pup in the Windy City

Tatum generated an absurd 26 points off pull-up shots. He connected on 9 of 16 pull-up attempts, including going 8 of 14 from beyond the 3-point arc on those shots.

How ridiculous is that number? For the season, Luka Doncic leads the NBA with an average of 12.3 pull-up points per game. match. Tatum ranks sixth in the NBA with an average of 10 pull-up points per game. game while shooting 36 percent on those attempts (both from the floor and beyond the 3-point arc).

Tatum’s 81.3 effective field goal percentage in Saturday’s game was 31.7 percent higher than his season average (49.6) on pull-up attempts.

When Tatum saw a few shots go in, it felt like he could pull up from just about anywhere. And he did so routinely.

Point generator

In addition to his 43 points scored, Tatum generated 21 assist points off his 10 helpers to finish with 64 points generated. He was also credited with two secondary assists.

That’s a solid jump from Tatum’s season average: 15.4 assist points created per game. match of 5.7 helpers.

Perhaps most impressively, Tatum and All-Star teammate Jaylen Brown combined for 24 potential assists and 18 actual assists combined. Their passing generated 41 assist points.

The Celtics tend to be at their best when their superstars not only score, but get everyone else involved.

PSA to the league

Tatum delivered a public service announcement with another PSA — points per shot attempt.

His average of 173.9 points per The 100 shot attempts were his second-best mark of the season (second only to his 194.7 PSA in the season opener versus the Knicks) and ranks in the 91st percentile among all games in the NBA this season, per Glass data.

ONEll over the glass

Tatum’s 15 rebounds were a season-high, but his efficiency in chasing caroms was particularly impressive. Tatum grabbed the 15 boards on 21 rebound chances per NBA Tracking. That means he grabbed 71.4 percent of all his rebound opportunities.

For the season, Tatum is averaging 9.3 rebounds on 14.7 chances per game, or a rebound chance percentage of 63.1 percent. That’s the best on Boston’s list among regulars, and that number increased by 8.3 percent in Saturday’s game.

Among the 83 players in the NBA who average at least 10 rebound chances per game. game, Tatum is 10th in rebounding percentage, and his mark Saturday night would lead the NBA.

Still waiting for the dunk score poster

You’ve probably heard the Dunk Score mentioned in our broadcast this season. The NBA devised a metric this season that uses all player tracking data to assign a score to each slam. Key factors include launch distance, maximum vertical height, ball speed through the rim and defender proximity.

Jaylen Brown recorded the third highest dunk score of the season for his poster on Jalen Smith back on November 29th. That dunk was registered at 109.6. But somehow the NBA didn’t generate a dunk score for Tatum’s similar poster slam over Smith on Saturday night.

Of the 29 dunks on Tatum’s NBA dunk record, only three of his four slams appeared on the dunk score after Saturday’s game, and none higher than 44.4. It feels like a good bet that Tatum’s dunk over Smith would top his season-best of 68.6 (on Oct. 26 vs. Detroit).

Or maybe Tatum broke the slam dunk scale.