Tonight, the NBA world witnessed the top two teams from the Eastern Conference play against each other. The Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks have shown their dominance and strength throughout this season. But today’s game saw the Celtics and their main man, Jayson Tatum win a massive victory over the Bucks. They finished the game with a final tally of 139-118. Tatum himself posted 41 points with 7 rebounds.

One specific play by Jayson Tatum stunned NBA fans as well as Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young. A fan tweeted, “Straight disrespectful“, with laughing and crying emojis, as Tatum made an insane move on Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Jayson Tatum scores over Giannis

Antetokounmpo was arguably bested by Tatum tonight. The ‘Greek Freak’ could only put up 27 points and 9 rebounds. However, what could have been an insult to injury was Tatum dunking on the two-time MVP.

Here are some of the reactions from NBA Twitter:

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Fans lauded Tatum for his monstrous dunk. As Yahoo Sports succinctly put it, “Jayson Tatum ordered a poster for Christmas, it appears“. Trae Young tweeted with a laughing emoji, “JT has really dunked on a lot of people“. Even Tatum spoke about his play, “The Bucks are a big physical team. If you lay it up, they are probably gonna block it“.

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In the second quarter, Jayson Tatum got the pass and held the ball. He tricked his opponents to get a clean throw over to Marcus Smart. He in turn passed it back to Tatum over the paint, who leaped to the basket and dunked. Tatum ensured the ball went in by hanging on to the rim, as Giannis Antetokounmpo attempted to block the shot. Antetokounmpo himself seemed shocked and was visibly having a hard time digesting Tatum’s play.

The Christmas charm continues for the Celtics

As the Milwaukee Bucks suffered back-to-back losses, the Boston Celtics had a great game on their Christmas day matchup.  Jayson Tatum’s performance was notable for more than just the poster dunk, as the “41-point performance was the second highest scoring output in Boston’s 36-game Christmas history, trailing only Tom Heinsohn’s 45-point outpour in 1961”.

Jayson Tatum, already a frontrunner for the MVP this season, is grateful for his team and the position he has earned in the history of the franchise. He confessed that he had always visualized playing during Christmas. Tatum added, “I’ve said that many times how much I love being here and what it means to play on Christmas. Sixth year in a row (playing on Christmas), and something I never want to take for granted.”

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It was a very merry Christmas for JT and the Boston Celtics in the end.

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