I would have bet my savings account this was going to be a bad step-back over a decent defender. When he comes off the Kornet screen, Sabonis shows quickly then scrambles back to his man. It’s not technically “clutch time,” but an 11-point game at the start of the fourth can very quickly become clutch time with a few poor possessions. Here, Tatum is running the high pick and roll with Luke Kornet. First, let’s take a look at how the team performed last year in fourth quarters compared to this season. Boy, did Jayson Tatum fail, and boy, did he learn. Well, sometimes you need to fail to learn, which is a strategy I successfully employed my freshman year of college. Personally, I would rather spend my time watching one of my favorite films, Back to the Future, but if you are into self-harm, Game 4 is a great watch. Just go back and watch Game 4 of the Finals. You could argue that his late game struggles are the reason the Celtics didn’t hang Banner 18. If the ball never comes back to you when you pass it, you’re going to be hesitant to get rid of it when you finally do get to touch it.Īt times, I think Tatum was unfairly painted with the selfish brush, but there was undoubtedly some truth to it, and it often manifested in how he handled fourth quarters. When your leader forgoes open shooters for bad pull-ups or ugly floaters, that breeds frustration and a culture of selfishness. This particular brand of problem is especially detrimental when the man with the problem has the role of a high usage superstar. Here’s a very well done and beautiful graphic I made of Tatum’s fourth quarter decision-making prior to this season: Why move the ball to the seemingly open man when you know you can get a shot off? After all, any shot is better than no shot. It seemed like as the game got tighter, as opposing defenses started to turn the screws, Tatum eschewed the right play for the easy one. All the things that took years off the lives of many Celtics fans last season. Tossing up no-prayer layups while ignoring open corner shooters (hey, he got bailed out with a foul call on one!). Much worse than his numbers was his decision-making. vo4d6N9WgO- Wayne Spooney November 27, 2022 Tatum goes 2/7 with zero assists in the 4th quarter. Here are all of his field goal attempts in the fourth: Two of those missed shots came in the dying seconds with the game mostly out of reach.
But here are his numbers in that critical game-defining fourth quarter against the eventual champions: 2 for 7 FGs and zero assists. Tatum’s numbers in this game look good, bordering on great: 9-for-19 from the floor, 27 points,8 rebounds, 6 assists, and one turnover. Perhaps the biggest culprit in perpetuating Fake Comebacks during this, thankfully brief, era was Jayson Tatum. In other words, this game was the epitome of the “Fake Comeback” Celtics. Tell me if you’ve heard this before: after going down early, the C’s got themselves back into the game with a big third quarter only to fall just short in the fourth. You may not remember this one - that’s probably because it blends into all of the other disappointing losses incurred in the calendar year of 2021. If you suggested a mere seven months later these teams would be squaring off in The Finals, you would have been immediately thrown into one of Boston PD’s drunk tanks until you sobered up. The Celtics are 14-14 entering a home game with the 23-5 Golden State Warriors.
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