The Boston Celtics are making easy work of the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. Jayson Tatum is leading all scorers and made some of the Pelicans defenders running in circles.

The Celtics headed to the locker room at the half with a 16-point lead and pure dominance in the first two quarters. Tatum is continuing his impressive campaign on Sunday and has 23 points on 7-13 from the field just after the start of the second half, with 17 of those in the first half.

Tatum's averaging 25.8 points with seven boards and a career-high 4.8 assists while on his way to potentially being named an All-Star reserve for the Eastern Conference.

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Jaylen Brown chipped in 13 points in the first half and is also receiving consideration for the All-Star team, with many people around the league believing he should've been named a starter.

For the Pelicans the first half didn't go as planned, especially for Zion Williamson. Zion had just four points on 1-5 from the field and struggled to find any rhythm offensively. Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram each have 15 points as the third quarter draws to a close, but finding a way to stop Tatum remains an issue.

The Celtics have done a good job keeping Zion in checking by doubling him and Pelicans head coach Stan Van Gundy hasn't been able to find a way around it. As for Tatum, the Pelicans simply have no answer for him on either end of the court and the Celtics should have no problem finishing out the game.