Tatum is one of the top candidates for the award, but he has some work to do if he wants to catch favorite Nikola Jokic. The post Is Jayson Tatum making a case for the NBA’s Clutch Player of the Year award?

Jaylen Brown scored 28 points and Jayson Tatum added 27, including a tiebreaking jumper with 0.2 seconds left, as the visiting Boston Celtics held off the New Orleans Pelicans 118-116 on Friday night.

After Pelicans veteran guard CJ McCollum drained a clutch floater with just 24 seconds remaining to tie it, Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum took matters into his own hands, drilling the game-winner with McCollum in his face.