The Boston Celtics picked up win No. 60 on the season Friday night with a 130-94 home victory over the Charlotte Hornets. Boston's final game of the season will be Sunday afternoon, another home tilt against Charlotte.
It was the fourth-largest win for the Celtics this season, but because the team is locked into the two-seed in the standings, the outcome was functionally irrelevant. That didn't mean it wasn't an entertaining game, though. Boston outscored the visiting team 39-19 in the fourth quarter, for example, while a key fashion decision from the Celtics stars turned heads to begin the night. Jayson Tatum and Derrick White opted to swap accessories for the game, playing the entire contest in one another's usual gear.
After the game, Tatum explained the origin of the move, and how he felt wearing a new kit.
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"He said at shoot around this morning," Tatum said of White, crediting his teammate with the idea. "He was like, 'yo, we should do a headband game'."
"And one of the trainers may have mentioned if D-White just dressed like me during the game, so that was kind of the idea," Tatum added. "I just agreed to it and ran with it."
White wore Tatum's trademark sweatband on his left arm. He also sported a single white leg sleeve as part of the outfit change, and even blew a kiss to the crowd after hitting his first 3-pointer, channeling his inner Jayson Tatum.
For Tatum, the accessory swap meant donning a pair of white leggings. And even though the former Duke Blue Devil had a smooth 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists in 32 minutes of action, he said following the game he wasn't so comfortable with the gear.
"I felt different," Tatum said. "I ain't wear long tights like that in a long time."
"I feel like I'm too tall to wear ankle socks, so that was the weirdest part," Tatum joked. "I just felt like I didn't have socks on my legs."
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