WHITE AN IDEAL FOIL FOR CELTIC STAR MAN

Guard shines with 33pts as Tatum braces for a rest with 41 to stay ahead of chasing Bucks

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NEW YORK Averaging 30.8 points a game this National Basketball Association NBA) season, Jayson Tatum knows that the Boston Celtics rely heavily on him to score, while he also understands that he will need a rest at some point.

Thankfully, for the forward, Derrick White stepped up on Friday night.

Tatum’s 41 points and Boston’s 25 three-pointers propelled the league-leading Celtics to a 40th win of the NBA season at TD Garden as they swept past the Charlotte Hornets 127-16.

He posted his eighth 40-point game of the season. But even with Jaylen Brown sidelined by a facial fracture and Al Horford out with a sore knee, Tatum did not have to carry the offensive load alone, as White scored a career-high 33 points and handed out 10 assists.

The guard’s output included eight of the Celtics’ 25 three-pointers, which came on 55 attempts. “Shot was feeling good,” White said. I was getting some good looks and just letting it fly”

Tatum was glad for the support, and said that the Celtics must be 100 per cent as a team in every game.