In normal times, such a loss would be problematic, but for the Celtics, it is unfortunately usual this season. The scenario is known: the players of Ime Udoka had taken an 11-point lead in the last quarter against the Blazers.
But as they are in great difficulty to conclude the meetings and that Jayson Tatum is very clumsy, very logically, things have (again) gone wrong.
” It hurts “, recognizes the winger at ESPN. “It bothers us, and that’s normal. But we cannot go back. So training and video to learn from our mistakes and try to improve. “
In detail, the Celtics have missed nine straight shots in the last seven minutes. They have registered, in this period of time, only five small points on free throws. Inevitably, Jusuf Nurkic and his teammates, with a 20-5, made the difference.
Tatum unable to put a 3-point shot and explain why…
As for Tatum, he finished with 27 points at 8/19 in shooting, 11/14 in free throws but above all a 0/6 behind the arc which confirms the current difficulties of the Boston star. It is indeed on an awful 0/20! He has not scored an award-winning basket for three matches and is running at 24% success in January…
” I do not know “, he replies when asked to explain his clumsiness (31% success this season at 3-pts). “Maybe it’s a lack of success that happens once in a while. But I know it’s not going to change the way opponents defend. They know what I’m capable of so I have to do it on my own. I’ll get to that and then we can talk about something else. “
While they had regained color for ten days with five wins in six games, the Celtics fell again twice in a row, at TD Garden, and everything has to be done again and again. The irregularity of this team is constant.
“It’s disappointing because we were better in our execution”, explains Ime Udoka. “It sometimes comes down, as silly as it may seem, to putting open shots. By forcing Tatum to drop the ball, they challenged other players. We didn’t charge them for it. “
| Jayson Tatum | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | 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 | 42 | 37 | 41.5 | 31.7 | 84.4 | 1.2 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 25.2 |
| Total | 331 | 33 | 45.1 | 38.1 | 84.1 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 20.1 | |
