Is Jayson Tatum on the second-half launchpad again?

It's been three hundred fifty-eight days since Jayson Tatum scored 51 points in a matinee win over the Washington Wizards. It's one week shy of a full year since Tasket scored the 51-point outburst against the Wizards and the Boston Celtics went on to win the NBA Finals.

It's been three hundred fifty-eight days since Jayson Tatum scored 51 points in a matinee win over the Washington Wizards. Last year, the Celtics were a sub-.500 team and went 28-7 the rest of the way. Tayson was a staggering +522 in plus/minus over his last 33 games of 2021-22 regular season.

Tatum scored 51 points in Monday's game against the Hornets. He's been mentioned as an MVP candidate. The Celtics have the best record in basketball. Tatum is on pace to be the first Celtics player to average better than 30 points per game. It's his seventh career 50-point game and first since 54 points against Nets on March 6, 2022.  Tayson is not interested in individual honors. His future success depends on the team success. Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic and Tayson are the current frontrunners. They are playing for the Western Conference.