BOSTON — The Celtics have been challenged mentally after they stepped into Recreation 2 of the NBA Finals towards the Mavericks on Sunday evening.
Dallas head coach Jason Kidd sneakily referred to Jaylen Brown as Boston’s “finest participant,” talking an out-of-the-blue dialog. Taking a sly jab at Jayson Tatum, whereas underperforming, nonetheless, didn’t faze anybody on the Celtics when it got here to the final word objective in Recreation 2: taking a 2-0 lead.
“I feel that we responded rather well,” Tatum mentioned after Boston’s 105-98 win in Recreation 2. “You realize, the way in which their protection is about up and the way a lot they’re loading up and converging on the rim, it simply places us in positions to assault and discover the simple kickout reads and simply to maintain the ball popping and issues like that so we will get good to nice pictures on every possession.”
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Tatum struggled once more to get going offensively, driving to the basket and drawing 3-point performs in three of the 26-year-old’s first 4 area objective makes an attempt. Tatum completed capturing 6-of-22 from the sphere, together with simply 1-of-7 from past the arc, however with a game-high 12 assists, the five-time All-Star discovered different avenues of including factors on the board for the Celtics.
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Boston completed capturing 20%, going 3-for-15 from deep vary by halftime. But, even regardless of the capturing woes, the Celtics remained posied from begin to end, doing all the pieces to maintain Dallas from rallying again and going forward.
If something, Kidd’s wide-driving try backfired.
“I simply assume our effort has been the important thing, simply the mentality, selecting a man up full court docket, stuff like that,” Jaylen Brown defined. “It simply wears on them over time. However I feel we should be extra crisp going into the following two video games.”
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