Yes, the difference that stood out to me was the dropoff from the regular season. Tatum has been well over 30% for 4 straight regular seasons now (30.2% this season), and at roughly 30% across the last 3 years' playoffs. It's a nontrivial dropoff from there to 25.5%. Perhaps opponents are doing some fundamentally different things on defense, or perhaps Tatum is being a bit more hesitant / passive, but the figure is notable for how much of a change it represents.You probably remember this, although it's the kind of thing I need to look up from time to time to remind myself, but usage rate just tells you whether the player *ends* a possession (through a shot, turnover, etc.). It might be better called finishing rate.
Tatum starts and is involved in the middle of lots of our possessions, although other people often end up ending them. His and Joker's usage rates are lower than Jaylen and Murray for a reason.
The last 4 years, Jokic averaged 29.5% in the regular season, 32.0% in the playoffs (and Bk-Ref has him at 28% these playoffs so far, not sure why it differs from NBA.com's 26.9%). So just being your team's focal-point distributor and initiator doesn't have to mean your usage rate goes way down once playoff defenses get involved.
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