Boston Celtics coach talks about Jayson Tatum after the former Duke forward scored a career-high 41 points in the win over the Pelicans.
“I mean, he was really good, obviously, but I thought the game started with he and others attacking the basket. And more importantly, the ball hitting the second side of the floor a lot, which we needed. It’s a huge emphasis going into today. And then, you know, I thought he made the right play and obviously made a ton of shots”
-On his improvements in finishing at the rim:
“I just think he’s going to be ever-improving. He had a couple of really good finishes with both hands early in the game. And but he also, I thought, had the right mindset attack. It helps when you start off these forty-point games with a couple of layups, which he got. Couple off his effort, couple off bigs sealing for him, and then he got a couple steals and now the basket feels a little bit bigger and some of those threes go down. But the finishing’s going to be really important. And we’ve talked about – we’ve talked a lot about how best to do that, but I think he’s had a great year. But I think he can get better.”
Tatum is averaging 21.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.9 assist per game, shooting 43% from the field, 36% from beyond the arc and 86% from the foul line.
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