In a series that forced the Celtics to shift away from their usual style, the Magic never solved the Tatum problem. He slammed the door on them with 35 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in Game 5 after dominating crunch time of Game 4 in a 37-point-14-rebound outing.

After his Boston costar on the wing Jaylen Brown helped Magic star forward Paolo Banchero pick up his fifth foul, sending him to the bench in the game's third quarter, Tatum in particular went on the attack,

The Magic were never able to pull away from the Celtics in Game 5 thanks to Jayson Tatum and his bag of tricks, and the Boston star made Orlando disappear with another monster performance.