Jayson Tatum absolutely gutted with his shooting performance despite getting an OT win against the Pacers

Celtics' forwards Tatum talks about his turnovers and poor shooting.

Jayson Tatum absolutely gutted with his shooting performance despite getting an OT win against the Pacers

Jayson talks about his poor shooting form to the press.

After the Boston Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers 133–128 in game one of the Eastern Conference NBA Finals, Celtics’ star forward Jayson Tatum talked about his poor shooting form throughout the game. He even opened up about how he is glad that it did not affect the result of the game. 

I’m so glad we won that game because I would have been sick.
Said Jayson Tatum while talking about his late-game turnover.

It seemed like the turnover in overtime shifted all the momentum towards the Pacers, but then Tatum came back with an and-1 and a side-step 3-pointer to extend the Celtics’ lead.

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Out of the 26 attempted shots, Tatum made only 12 of them. He clearly wasn’t happy with this conversion rate. However, he did manage to put on board 36 points, 4 assists, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals to get the Celtics over the line.

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With these stats, Tatum was the scoring leader for game one, with Jrue Holiday coming in for the second position with 28 points. 

The Celtics were down 114–117 in the dying seconds of the match when Jaylen Brown nailed a three-pointer and took the game to overtime, where, thanks to a number of turnovers from the Indiana Pacers, the Celtics won the encounter. 

This 36-point game makes it 50 25+ point games in the playoffs for Jayson Tatum

In the Celtics’s win over the Pacers on Tuesday night, Jayson Tatum scored 36 points and was the leading scorer of the game. This 36-point game was Tatum’s 50th game in the playoffs in which he has scored 25 points or more. This has made him join the list of the most elite athletes in the game. 

The statistics are led by Lebron James, with 195 games in the playoffs and 25+ points. He is followed by the great Michael Jordan, with 152 such games. Kevin Durant sits in the third spot with 132 such games. Jayson Tatum is tied for the 21st position with Nikola Jokic. They both have 50 games with 25+ points in the playoffs.

After tonight’s game, Taytum also moved up to 3rd in the position with the most playoff points in NBA history before the age of 27. He overtook Tony Parker and is currently following Kobe Bryant and LeBron James on the list. 

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