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The Boston Celtics and Charlotte Hornets played an entertaining game on Monday night in North Carolina. 

After four quarters the two teams were knotted up at 122-122, and they battled the rest of the game out in an overtime period. 

During overtime the Celtics crushed the Hornets 18-7 to take a 140-129 victory. 

Jayson Tatum had a sensational game scoring 41 points, grabbing eight rebounds and dishing out seven assists. 

Over on the Hornets side, 2021 Rookie of The Year LaMelo Ball had 25 points, five rebounds and nine assists. 

However, the play by Jaylen Brown during the game is what everyone is talking about. 

The All-Star forward had 30 points, nine rebounds and three assists and a massive dunk. 

A clip of the dunk from Monday night can be seen in a tweet that is embedded below from the Twitter account of the NBA. 

The Celtics improved to a record of 2-2, while the Hornets lost their first game of the season falling to 3-1. 

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