Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are the Celtics’ finest duo, and there actually isn’t a lot of an argument to be made on the contrary.
Tatum is the face of the franchise. He’ll quickly be the very best paid participant in Boston, can lead the staff in any statistical class and has constructed up a fairly spectacular resume in his seven seasons. Brown is presently the very best paid participant within the metropolis, has improved every year of his profession and displayed his worth completely in Recreation 1 and Recreation 2 wins over the Indiana Pacers.
Is it loopy to say they aren’t the Celtics’ most useful duo, although?
Jrue Vacation and Derrick White have (unsurprisingly) been great all through the postseason, and put collectively one other gem Thursday. The Celtics’ backcourt duo mixed for 38 factors on 63% taking pictures from the sector and 58% from past the arc, pitching in seven rebounds and 16 assists with a single turnover.
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It’s not like they flooded the field rating, however they did precisely what they’ve accomplished all season — and stayed true to who they’re.
“(We’re) utility guys, guys that may do something to win,” Vacation mentioned, describing himself and White following Recreation 2. “I really feel like that’s sort of what’s necessary. It’s not essentially getting your stats or seeing what it seems like, however doing no matter it takes to win.”
It’s a bit extra easy whenever you ask Joe Mazzulla.
“They’re simply actually good basketball gamers,” Mazzulla mentioned. “… They arrive right into a sport open-minded on how they will affect it in numerous methods. Generally it’s protection, generally it’s pick-and-roll dealing with, generally it’s screening, generally it’s scoring, generally it’s shot-making.”
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On a regular basis it’s protection.
White and Vacation had been named second-team All-Protection on Tuesday. It’s only a testomony, and maybe not a totally consultant one, of what the duo has accomplished all through the season.
It’s honest to say the C’s aren’t up 2-0 within the sequence with out them, and there’s an argument to be made they don’t even get this far by using the comparatively inconsistent palms of Brown and Tatum. We don’t wish to diminish what anybody has accomplished, as a result of there’s far an excessive amount of of that going round, however the reality of the matter is White and Vacation have been superior for Boston.
If you happen to begin any extra “MVP” chants at TD Backyard this postseason, possibly you may toss a pair their approach.
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