The way Tatum played poorly, last year we would've lost this game.
Man, I love this team personnel now.
Great Win!! TPs.
Honestly he really just shot poorly. He was trying to get that stepback three ball to drop and it just wasn't there for him tonight.
I really liked everything else he did though. Defended his ass off. Made smart passes. Attacked the glass. If that stuff is consistent out of him, we can win games even when he's not hitting shots. And if those shots drop too, forget it.
Yup his plus minus for the game was the highest or 2nd highest on the team if I recall correctly. But obviously points is the main metric people use to gauge if someone added value or not
I especially appreciate the rebounding.
We have two bigs on this roster (Porzingis and Horford) who are both below average rebounders at their position, so for Tatum (who is really not that big/long for a four) to be getting us 10+ RPG has been huge for this team.
Over the past two playoff runs so far Tatum has averaged 26.1 points, 10.5 rebounds. 5.3 assists, 0.9 steals, 1.0 block over 25 games with a +5.0 BPM and a +9 net rating. Those are really impressive numbers.
Credit to JB as well, he's been really, really good this year. And I'm normally a serial JB hater, but I love what he's done all season long.