Jayson Tatum matched a record set by Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird as the Celtics earned a comfortable 123-98 win against Chicago Bulls on Saturday. The 26-year-old hit the third triple-double of his career, with 43 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists as the defending NBA champions moved into second in the eastern conference.

"Larry came out of nowhere from one year to become probably the greatest high school basketball player we've seen in Indiana," Randy Mills said.

Jayson Tatum logged a historic triple-double to help defeat the Bulls 123-98 in Chicago. Tatum’s phenomenal 43-point, 16-rebound, and 10-assist stat line marked the first such in Celtics history.

Tatum’s phenomenal 43-point, 16-rebound, and 10-assist stat line marked the first such in Celtics history. The only other Celtic to notch a 40-point triple-double? Larry Bird, three times.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Hall of Fame Boston Celtics power forward Tommy Heinsohn scored 45 points in the Celtics' 127-122 win over the (then) Syracuse Nationals (now, the Philadelphia 76ers) on the road on Christmas Day 1961.

St. Louisan Jayson Tatum joined Larry Bird in the Boston Celtics record book onSaturday night with a 43-point, 16-rebound, 10-assist triple double in a 123-98victory over the Chicago Bulls. Tatum became the first Boston player ever to post those numbers in a single gameand the first from any team to do so since Luka Doncic

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