Bob Cousy can “leave” in peace. A week ago, the former Celtics legend, aged 95, explained that he absolutely wanted to witness the 18th title in the history of the franchise before passing away. What is done.
“ In my mind, I was pretty convinced that we were going to hang number 18 », Formulates the former playmaker afterwards, who says he thought about this throughout the season.
This new title is the one of one of the most “balanced” teams ever seen, carried by a duo of wingers at the top of their basketball approach, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Two players that Bob Cousy does not fail to congratulate.
“ Tatum goes to the rim and finishes as well as any two-yarder I've seen, and he has excellent touch on the ball. If we want to look for negatives, I would say that occasionally, I'm not a fan of shooting 3-point as a first option », nuance “Cooz”.
More generally, it is said “ very much in favor of using this weapon, because it's effective and the Celtics probably use it as well as any team in the league. And Tatum as good as any player his size. This little 'stepback' that he has, when he does it, it's great. But I say don't use it as your first option. »
No weaknesses in Jayson Tatum
And perhaps a little more sparingly when he doesn't hit the target. Throughout the playoffs, the winger only converted 28% of his attempts. But “ he touches every offensive facet to be successful, and I think he does it as well as anyone, certainly at his size. I don't think Tatum has any weaknesses », compliments Bob Cousy again.
As for his friend Jaylen Brown, the legend noted about him “ enormous progress in all areas of the game. In defense, passing, he loses the ball less… He has taken important shots. Do you remember this playoff game? (Game 3 against Indiana) ? Absolutely decisive and it was under pressure. He doesn't have the same weapons as Tatum, but he's not far behind. »
It is therefore difficult not to be optimistic for the future of the Celtics with this duo at the helm. “ Having these two as young players – 26, 27 years old – for the next few years is good news for the Celtics. They could extend this title run for a few years », Projects their illustrious elder, himself the holder of six rings.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Jayson Tatum | 74 | 35.7 | 47.1 | 37.6 | 83.3 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 26.9 |
| Jaylen Brown | 70 | 33.5 | 49.9 | 35.4 | 70.3 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 23.0 |
| Kristaps Porzingis | 57 | 29.6 | 51.6 | 37.5 | 85.8 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 20.1 |
| Derrick White | 73 | 32.6 | 46.1 | 39.6 | 90.1 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 15.2 |
| Jrue Holiday | 69 | 32.8 | 48.0 | 42.9 | 83.3 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 12.5 |
| Payton Pritchard | 82 | 22.3 | 46.8 | 38.5 | 82.1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 9.6 |
| Sam Hauser | 79 | 22.0 | 44.6 | 42.4 | 89.5 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| Al Horford | 65 | 26.8 | 51.1 | 41.9 | 86.7 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 8.6 |
| Neemias Queta | 28 | 11.9 | 64.4 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 5.5 |
| Luke Kornett | 63 | 15.6 | 70.0 | 100.0 | 90.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 5.3 |
| Xavier Tillman, Sr. | 20 | 13.7 | 51.5 | 28.6 | 57.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | 41 | 10.1 | 41.6 | 38.9 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Drew Peterson | 3 | 7.6 | 66.7 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| Oshae Brissett | 55 | 11.5 | 44.4 | 27.3 | 60.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| Lamar Stevens | 19 | 6.4 | 46.7 | 37.5 | 72.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| Dalano Banton | 24 | 7.1 | 37.3 | 12.5 | 80.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| Jaden Springer | 17 | 7.6 | 43.3 | 18.2 | 87.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Jd Davison | 8 | 4.9 | 41.7 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Jordan Walsh | 9 | 9.3 | 40.0 | 22.2 | 50.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
