You can pretty much hunt whoever you want in the playoffs, forcing switches is a majority of playoff offense.
Last night felt more to me like the defense than the offense, though both were bad in the second half lol. In crunch time last night, Tatum went 3-4, though he had 1 ugly turnover. Jaylen went 2-3, with one ugly forced three. Al went 0-1, KP went 0-2, and Springer went 0-1.
Speaking of Tatum’s passing, since people mentioned it above. Celtics only cashed in on 5 of his 15 potential assists, multiple of which were down the stretch . Considering they were primarily wide open threes, that was costly. The most glaring was the Springer one with 4 minutes left, as that would usually be White or Holiday, who drill those shots. Would have given them a 5 point lead. Celtics then went and got a stop on the next possession, Tatum passed the ball ahead to KP on the break, who got his layup blocked by Capela.
Also, I’m never the “ref” guy, but it was annoying watching the Hawks draw touch fouls down the stretch, while Tatum was getting tackled off-ball on the other end lol.
Last night felt more to me like the defense than the offense, though both were bad in the second half lol. In crunch time last night, Tatum went 3-4, though he had 1 ugly turnover. Jaylen went 2-3, with one ugly forced three. Al went 0-1, KP went 0-2, and Springer went 0-1.
Speaking of Tatum’s passing, since people mentioned it above. Celtics only cashed in on 5 of his 15 potential assists, multiple of which were down the stretch . Considering they were primarily wide open threes, that was costly. The most glaring was the Springer one with 4 minutes left, as that would usually be White or Holiday, who drill those shots. Would have given them a 5 point lead. Celtics then went and got a stop on the next possession, Tatum passed the ball ahead to KP on the break, who got his layup blocked by Capela.
Also, I’m never the “ref” guy, but it was annoying watching the Hawks draw touch fouls down the stretch, while Tatum was getting tackled off-ball on the other end lol.
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