The same would hold true when it comes to Tatum. ET on Thursday, but the natural course of action is to consider whether Boston is gaining momentum and how dangerous of a situation the Heat are in, in the event their opponent is finding a rhythm. Miami won the first three games and of course still holds a 3-1 advantage, with Game 5 in Boston at 8:30 p.m. Jaylen Brown (24.1 points in 2022, with a 40-pointer in Game 3, to 16.8 so far in 2023) was much better a year ago. The Heat made life somewhat difficult for Tatum in the 2022 conference finals, holding him to 25 points per game over the nip-and-tuck, seven-game series. But Tatum (4-of-9) and the Celtics overall (18-of-45) had their best nights from 3 in Game 4. Tatum’s weakness so far has been at the 3-point line, where he is 9-of-29. He’s gotten to the foul line more times than any player other than Miami’s Jimmy Butler and is 24-of-26 at the stripe. Tatum is averaging 27.8 points per game in this Eastern Conference finals series. You have to do things that will exceed it.” You’re not expecting a great player like Tatum to have multiple off nights. “But there’s no easy way, particularly when you get to this point. He had some good, clean looks, in transition, open 3s, end-of-possession stuff. “You have to try to make it as tough as possible. “The great scorers, they are going to figure it out at some point,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
#Speed zone ahead series
I shot the ball, and it went in.”įrom a Celtics perspective, that particular moment, and the fourth quarter at large, is about Mazzulla perhaps finally calling a timeout at the right time, about an All- NBA player putting his stamp on the game (Tatum scored 33 points, 25 in the second half, for the 23rd playoff game of 30 or more points in his career and seventh such game against the Heat), and yes, about a heavily favored team when this series began refusing to fold when it could have.įrom the Heat’s point of view, it was about, for the first time this series, allowing the Celtics’ best player to beat them. So, when I came back in, he (Mazzulla) just drew up a play to get some movement, finding open space, and then make the right play. “But they was playing zone, and quite frankly, we kind of struggled against the zone the first couple games.
#Speed zone ahead free
“I just didn’t make no field goals - I was getting free throws in the fourth quarter,” Tatum said, trying to put a positive spin on his previous fourth quarters in the series. He reinserted Tatum into the game and drew up a play for him, and Tatum finished a 19-footer that sparked a 12-0 run and put the Heat away. But with 9:41 left in the fourth quarter and the Heat on a roll, having cut what was an 11-point deficit down to five, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla called timeout.
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