Defending Steph Curry is demoralizing.
Whether he is flying on the break and pulling up before the defense is even back or burying a shot with a defender encroaching on his molecular structure, Curry can drop 47 points even in a near-perfect defensive game, and that’s exactly what happened Saturday.
It should have ended the Celtics’ winning streak, knocking them back to reality with Jaylen Brown, Rob Williams and Evan Fournier out. But Jayson Tatum didn’t let that happen.
In his last game at the Garden before the Celtics’ road trip, Tatum dropped a career-high 53 points.
