Top 3 players from Easter Sunday playoff games

This list is only based off of the four NBA games played on Easter Sunday.

1. Jayson Tatum

For the sole fact that Jayson Tatum hit the game winner against the Brooklyn Nets i have to put him at #1. Tatum was also the team leader in points, assists and was tied with Jalyen Brown in blocks, Tatum had a nice 31, 4 and 8 on efficient shooting. With four Celtics starters finishing with over 20 points it wasn’t hard to figure out this is a deep roster with Tatum and Brown as the lead pieces. This will be a back and fourth series but Celtics fans have to be quite happy with where they’re at right now all things considered.  

2. Chris Paul

        The veteran point guard once again shows why he’s a top 3 point guard in this league, especially when the playoffs come around, Chris Paul led the Phoenix Suns to a game 1 victory over the 8th seed New Orleans Pelicans with a 30 point double double and filling up the stat sheet in the process. Five Suns players had double digit points {Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton, Mikal Bridges and Cameron Johnson}, with Ayton leading the way in rebounding. Phoenix shot well from inside the arc but really struggled from beyond the arc just shooting 35.7% from 3pt but the Suns still cruised to an easy victory on Easter Sunday.   

3. Jimmy Butler

It was a hard pick between Jimmy Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo, but considering the fashion that the Miami Heat blew out the Atlanta Hawks it had to be Jimmy Buckets. Butler made the most of his time on the court with the highest plus-minus of the game and also filling up the stat sheet with 21, 6 and 4 with 3 steals on a good field goal percentage, Butler did struggle from the free throw line shooting just 2-7 but it didn’t affect the game at all. The Hawks just had a bad night with nobody scoring over 17 points and Trae Young had a game to forget finishing with just 8 points on 1-12 shooting.