34.4%. Such was the 3-point success percentage this season of Jayson Tatum ahead of the Celtics’ trip to Milwaukee. Either his lowest career rate when he has never used this weapon as much (more than 9 attempts per game). This percentage started to rise again – 35% this morning – after its night festival.
Author of a “spin move” in front of Jrue Holiday, then a hesitation on the dribble which froze Khris Middleton in transition, the Celtics player started his meeting by attacking the circle. But a first 3-point missile, at the end of the first quarter, will allow him to change register.
In the following minutes, he twice put Giannis Antetokounmpo in the wind, thanks to his dribbling, to punish the Bucks again from afar. Author of an award-winning third basket in this second quarter, he chained two other “stepbacks” against Brook Lopez then Joe Ingles, and two other “catch-and-shoot” shots.
Results of his destruction operation: 40 points and 8 rebounds, 12/18 on shots, including an exceptional 8/10 from behind the arc. Never in career Jayson Tatum had shot 80% success with such a volume of shots!
“We have to put that behind us and come with the same energy tomorrow. We can’t let it fluctuate from opponent to opponent.”
“ Tonight, we were skilful, they weren’t. If we play them again in the playoffs, it probably won’t happen like that, they missed a lot of open shots », he remarks at a press conference.
The Boston leader speaks of a ” good away win “, which occurs two days after a disappointment on the floor of the modest Wizards.
“ We reacted well from the start. That’s all I wanted and what we wanted collectively, whether we imposed ourselves or not. We were in a rush from the start. We shot much better than in the previous match, that was an important factor. It didn’t matter who we were playing, we came in being more focused. We have a long history with them, don’t we? We know them well “, recalls the 25-year-old player.
The latter is already demanding one thing from his teammates: “ We have to put that behind us and come with the same energy tomorrow. You can’t let it fluctuate from opponent to opponent. “Even if here, the challenge of this meeting was obviously to get closer to the Bucks and their first place in the standings.
” We want to have the advantage of the field as far as possible but as I said, all the fields are the same with two baskets, a field, it is the same game everywhere “, puts Jayson Tatum into perspective.
| Jayson Tatum | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2017-18 | BOS | 80 | 31 | 47.5 | 43.4 | 82.6 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 13.9 |
| 2018-19 | BOS | 79 | 31 | 45.0 | 37.3 | 85.5 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 15.7 |
| 2019-20 | BOS | 66 | 34 | 45.0 | 40.3 | 81.2 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 23.4 |
| 2020-21 | BOS | 64 | 36 | 45.9 | 38.6 | 86.8 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 26.4 |
| 2021-22 | BOS | 76 | 36 | 45.3 | 35.3 | 85.3 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 26.9 |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 70 | 37 | 46.2 | 34.4 | 85.4 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 30.1 |
| Total | 435 | 34 | 45.7 | 37.4 | 84.7 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 22.4 | |
