Jayson Tatum scores 33 points as Boston wins its third straight.

Brad Stevens, the president of basketball operations, wisely was able to shuffle Boston’s roster so guard Payton Pritchard could see more minutes.

Boston scores 74 points in the second half.

Atlanta overcomes a 15-point deficit in the second half, despite Jaylen Brown’s season-high 37 points.

Tatum scores 33 points and Pritchard scores six in overtime in Boston’s 108-104 win.

Tatum said he was not motived to prove Warriors Coach Steve Kerr, who also coached Team USA at the Olympics, wrong.

Golden State has won five straight.

Tatum scores 26 of his 28 points in the first half as Boston races to a 22-point lead at intermission on its way to a third straight win.

Boston wins despite playing witout Jaylen Brown, who sat out with a strained left hip flexor.