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Really, what other duos could be considered? The one the Celtics just beat last night? The one in LA that got clobbered Tuesday night by the defending champs? The one in Brooklyn which the Celtics swept out of the Playoffs last season?

 

Certainly, an argument could be made for those duos and more, but none of them have ever accomplished what Tatum and Brown did during the NBA’s season opener. In fact, no duo in the last 53 years had done what Tatum and Brown did Tuesday night.

 

That’s right – not MJ and Pippen, not Shaq and Kobe, not Steph and Klay, not LeBron and D-Wade – none of them, or any other duo over the last half-century for that matter, was able to simultaneously put up 35 or more points apiece on Opening Night like Tatum and Brown did against the Sixers. The last pair of teammates to do so was Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West, way back in 1969.

 

That’s impressive in its own right, but when you consider how Tatum and Brown accomplished that feat, it becomes even more eye-opening.

 

The high majority of their work was done from inside the arc, which is a surprise given the fact that they’re perimeter-oriented players whose big scoring nights are oftentimes fueled by hot 3-point shooting. Tuesday night, however, the duo relied upon their ability to score in the midrange, at the basket, and at the free-throw line.

 

Tatum got to the rack for six makes from inside the restricted area, and he shot 7-for-8 overall from inside the paint. He also canned five of his six shots from the midrange. Brown, meanwhile, shot 4-for-4 from the restricted area, 6-for-8 from inside the paint, and 5-for-6 from the midrange. They combined to shoot 10-for-12 from the free-throw line.

 

Boston’s star duo took the game over while shooting a combined 6-for-19 from beyond the 3-point arc. That, folks, is a significant development that serves as an indication that the best is yet to come from these two still-budding stars.

 

“They’re three-level scorers,” Derrick White said Wednesday of Tatum and Brown. “They can score from really anywhere on the court, so it’s difficult for the defense. You never really know where to stop them.”