Tatum needs to score 40+ Game 6, If he is truly a top 5-10 player

[rondohondo]

Don't want to hear about him being a top 5-10 player if he comes out with another sub par performance.

His shot selection has been horrible, just jacking up 3's, he gave up another 3 early in the game because he was crying to the refs again( Stan van gundy even said , that 3 is on Tatum because he was complaining and looking at the ref. We lose by 3 pts...

Let's look at some of these stats...

Game 1 = 6-18

Game 3= 4-19

Game 4 was avg at best before AL put the team on his back and Tatum finally started joining in.

Game 5 =12-29, 2-11(3pa) blows the final play with AL.


Calling you out Jason... if you are a true superstar, you put up 40 pts within the flow of the offense, while attacking the basket and not settling for 3's. You put us on your back and get us a game 7 in the garden....

[Who]

Game 5 =12-29, 2-11(3pa) blows the final play with AL.

Tatum's scoring efficiency was better than these numbers make it appear at first sight due to (1) strong FT shooting where he hit 8-9 FTs (2) low turnovers. Only one turnover against 29 shot attempts and 9 FTs which is extremely low.

So 29 field goal attempts + 9 FTs equals 4 possessions + 1 turnover = so a total of 34 possessions for 34 points. A point per possession which is a strong number when you include turnovers into the mix. 

That number would be above league average for the season albeit below the average of the rest of the team tonight.

[Who]

Game 5 =12-29, 2-11(3pa) blows the final play with AL.

Tatum's scoring efficiency was better than these numbers make it appear at first sight due to (1) strong FT shooting where he hit 8-9 FTs (2) low turnovers. Only one turnover against 29 shot attempts and 9 FTs which is extremely low.

So 29 field goal attempts + 9 FTs equals 4 possessions + 1 turnover = so a total of 34 possessions for 34 points. A point per possession which is a strong number when you include turnovers into the mix. 

That number would be above league average for the season albeit below the average of the rest of the team tonight.

As a comparison, Giannis had 40 points on 16-27 FGs.

But he also had 6-10 FTs + 7 turnovers. So 5 possessions on FTs and 7 more possessions lost on turnovers so 12 possessions in addition to the 27 FGAs giving Giannis 39 possessions.

So Giannis got his team 40pts on 39poss. Pretty much a point per possession just like Tatum did.

In Giannis' case, the high FG% is deceiving because it disregards the high turnovers and mediocre FT shooting.

Tatum (4) and Giannis (3) also had a comparable number of assists.

[keevsnick]

Game 5 =12-29, 2-11(3pa) blows the final play with AL.

Tatum's scoring efficiency was better than these numbers make it appear at first sight due to (1) strong FT shooting where he hit 8-9 FTs (2) low turnovers. Only one turnover against 29 shot attempts and 9 FTs which is extremely low.

So 29 field goal attempts + 9 FTs equals 4 possessions + 1 turnover = so a total of 34 possessions for 34 points. A point per possession which is a strong number when you include turnovers into the mix. 

That number would be above league average for the season albeit below the average of the rest of the team tonight.

Its actually not really that good, even factoring in the turnovers. The league average this year was actually 1.1 points per possession. That said it wasn't horrible either.

For the series tho he's been a bit down, he's shooting like 38/29/76 on a 50.1% True Shooting. Thats not great, although he has been high volume.

It all just depends on what you expect of him. A top 5 guy has higher expectations.

That said, it literally doesn't matter how many points he scores the next game. If he scores 40 on 35 shots we'll just as easily lose as win. What matters is he scores efficiently, defends his ass off, and gets everybody else easy looks with the lats bit the most important, that's what a superstar does.

[ozgod]

Tatum needs to do what he can to help the team get a win. If that means scoring 40+ or scoring 15. I don't want him scoring 40 because he shot 15-50.

[Rondo9]

Calling you out Jason... if you are a true superstar, you put up 40 pts within the flow of the offense, while attacking the basket and not settling for 3's. You put us on your back and get us a game 7 in the garden....

Or if he doesn't, you'll be coming up with trade ideas to get Tatum out!

[libermaniac]

Tatum didn't play phenomenally, but he did draw the foul and sunk two free throws to give the team the lead.  If we corral Giannis' missed FT it wouldn't be the same narrative.  Bucks fans would be lamenting how their superstar can't hit FTs.

2-11 is bad, but he only took 1 3 in the second half and after a 5-16 first half, he had a 7-13 second half.  Give the guy a break.

[rondohondo]

Thank you, come again  

[gouki88]

Thank you, come again

Quick, make a post about Tatum needing 60+ for game 7!

[Phantom255x]

QUICK, MAKE A POST SAYING TATUM NEEDS 50+ IN GAME 7

(lol gouki88 was ahead of me on this)

[BruceBanner18]

The 2022 Finals MVP

[Roy H.]

Challenge accepted. Tatum stepped up big time.

[CelticSooner]

He rose to the occasion. There was a pep in his step in the 4th.

[GreenlyGreeny]

He’s top five now.

[Cman]

Don't want to hear about him being a top 5-10 player if he comes out with another sub par performance.

His shot selection has been horrible, just jacking up 3's, he gave up another 3 early in the game because he was crying to the refs again( Stan van gundy even said , that 3 is on Tatum because he was complaining and looking at the ref. We lose by 3 pts...

Let's look at some of these stats...

Game 1 = 6-18

Game 3= 4-19

Game 4 was avg at best before AL put the team on his back and Tatum finally started joining in.

Game 5 =12-29, 2-11(3pa) blows the final play with AL.


Calling you out Jason... if you are a true superstar, you put up 40 pts within the flow of the offense, while attacking the basket and not settling for 3's. You put us on your back and get us a game 7 in the garden....

Tatum read this.
Accepted this.
Says.... "Who's your daddy now?"