Sixers have Maxey, Knicks have Brunson. These teams have guys who are killers in the 4th yet the C's I'd argue don't. Tatum/Brown are great but a lot of times when it's a close/clutch 4th in the playoffs they struggle too or can't close it out.
I'll give them credit, Tatum and Brown throughout the 4th made a lot of great plays/decisions and obviously hit some big shots. Brown with those killer 2s inside, and Tatum with some massive 3s. Pritchard also with a huge 3 late.
I'd still like to see them be able to do it more consistently and they'll probably have to, but that's a gutsy win on the road even with momentum at times heavily on the Sixers side. Almost shades of 2023 Game 6 in the 2nd round down 3-2 when they just came alive in the 4th when all hope looked lost.
They probably won't be able to frontrun or blow teams out often like in 2024, so they'll need to figure out ways to win close games in the 4th and I think having Jaylen be more involved there might be the way to go with Tatum assisting in other ways
Topic: Celtics (1-1) at 76ers (1-1) Round 1 Game 3 4/24/26 (Read 5700 times)