It’s literally 5 on 1 here as Tatum’s gravity pulls in EVERY single player on the Mavs.
Porzingis will miss this shot, but it was smart for him to take it while he was hot, but a pass to Hauser from Porzingis or Holiday from Hauser probably results in a higher percentage 3.
Tatum won’t get any points on this play, but he will get the rebound on Porzingis’ missed 3 AND get the assist to Porzingis on the dunk.
This is winning basketball.
grichie
This is a good problem btw
Allcreatives
All eyes on him and we are lucky JT is a good playmaker and not just jacking shots!!!
RekLeagueMvp
JT is the 2nd biggest guy on the court at the start of the game and their big can’t camp at the rim, they have to over help or it’s a layup line for JT
Pizzaloverfor
Enough with these posts. It’s pathetic really.
bananajunior3000
This is why he’d be a league leader if they tracked hockey assists. So many open Boston shots come from Tatum drawing in the defense in the paint and kicking it out to get the ball rotated to the open guy.
Dependent_Pie_4786
Depends on the day
Tiredasheckrn
Not the mavs just playing a zone lol it would look like this if derrick white drove to the paint
lazydictionary
Our spacing is unstoppable. How the hell do you stop JT and JB from driving when everyone else is waiting to hit an open 3.
rocket_beer
JB erasure
himanshuy
Fuck the narrative!
HoorayPizzaDay
Got us open 3s alllllll night
SmasiusClay
Ok. I will try. Hypothetical: Tatum gets sick of making the “right” play, feels he is disrespected nationally and wants to be “the guy.”
Leavitt050
Why even care at this point….It was a win, three more to go. Nothing else matters
totalmayo
Hilarious that they would leave JB, KP, Hauser, and Jrue (in the corner no less) wide open to focus on Tatum. Those guys aren’t good shooters or anything.
WhiteChocolatey
When Kidd eventually scraps his current game plan (a good coach would probably do so even by game 2 at this point) and frees Tatum up, he needs to drop 50. Until then there’s no reason for him to put up that many points.
too-cute-by-half
It’s interesting that Dallas’s strategy “worked” to the extent that Tatum got flustered and his passing out of the swarm was hit and miss. Tatum said as much himself. But if the best they can do is giving up open 3’s to DWhite, Jrue, KP, and JB … they are in trouble.
ChibbsMahBoi
Just does what needs to be done
JaylenBrownsLeftHand
Lmao KP with the finger up. That’s a damn splash!
iAm-Tyson
Oh no Tatum is drawing a double and hitting one of his wide open co-stars for the easy basket instead of forcing highly contested jumpers..
ManyNicknames15
The best scorer is brown, the best overall player is Tatum. I don’t even understand why this is a talking point. Comparative to brown, Tatum has gotten recognition for years while during that same general time span Brown has almost zero recognition.
In reality it’s a pissing contest that doesn’t matter.
JaDamian_Steinblatt
You people are so goddamn insecure
693275001
Bruh I just wish anyone would play JT straight up without loading up so hard so he could get some easy ones
SomethingSquatchy
The media is lazy and obsesses over the stat lines especially points. They are a bunch fb frauds who do not deserve us to listen to them. Tatum’s defense and playmaking is why we won. He for easy shots for everyone else. We are best when he does this vs leading us in scoring only. Sure he could sit a little better but that’s hard when you are constantly doubled and tripled.
noBbatteries
Literally. He has a similar affect on the offensive court that other amazing stars have like curry. As soon as he touches the ball, there are 3 players drawn to him. He has a gravity on the offensive end. Then you add in that’s he’s basically an all defensive team defender, but without the recognition of it. One of my favourite players I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching play for the Celtics.
myloxyloto10
6 turnovers, he’s lucky to have a superteam
Lubberworts
That’s just bad defense.
AdmiralWackbar
That is absolute garbage defense, what the hell are they doing out there
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It’s literally 5 on 1 here as Tatum’s gravity pulls in EVERY single player on the Mavs.
Porzingis will miss this shot, but it was smart for him to take it while he was hot, but a pass to Hauser from Porzingis or Holiday from Hauser probably results in a higher percentage 3.
Tatum won’t get any points on this play, but he will get the rebound on Porzingis’ missed 3 AND get the assist to Porzingis on the dunk.
This is winning basketball.
This is a good problem btw
All eyes on him and we are lucky JT is a good playmaker and not just jacking shots!!!
JT is the 2nd biggest guy on the court at the start of the game and their big can’t camp at the rim, they have to over help or it’s a layup line for JT
Enough with these posts. It’s pathetic really.
This is why he’d be a league leader if they tracked hockey assists. So many open Boston shots come from Tatum drawing in the defense in the paint and kicking it out to get the ball rotated to the open guy.
Depends on the day
Not the mavs just playing a zone lol it would look like this if derrick white drove to the paint
Our spacing is unstoppable. How the hell do you stop JT and JB from driving when everyone else is waiting to hit an open 3.
JB erasure
Fuck the narrative!
Got us open 3s alllllll night
Ok. I will try. Hypothetical: Tatum gets sick of making the “right” play, feels he is disrespected nationally and wants to be “the guy.”
Why even care at this point….It was a win, three more to go. Nothing else matters
Hilarious that they would leave JB, KP, Hauser, and Jrue (in the corner no less) wide open to focus on Tatum. Those guys aren’t good shooters or anything.
When Kidd eventually scraps his current game plan (a good coach would probably do so even by game 2 at this point) and frees Tatum up, he needs to drop 50. Until then there’s no reason for him to put up that many points.
It’s interesting that Dallas’s strategy “worked” to the extent that Tatum got flustered and his passing out of the swarm was hit and miss. Tatum said as much himself. But if the best they can do is giving up open 3’s to DWhite, Jrue, KP, and JB … they are in trouble.
Just does what needs to be done
Lmao KP with the finger up. That’s a damn splash!
Oh no Tatum is drawing a double and hitting one of his wide open co-stars for the easy basket instead of forcing highly contested jumpers..
The best scorer is brown, the best overall player is Tatum. I don’t even understand why this is a talking point. Comparative to brown, Tatum has gotten recognition for years while during that same general time span Brown has almost zero recognition.
In reality it’s a pissing contest that doesn’t matter.
You people are so goddamn insecure
Bruh I just wish anyone would play JT straight up without loading up so hard so he could get some easy ones
The media is lazy and obsesses over the stat lines especially points. They are a bunch fb frauds who do not deserve us to listen to them. Tatum’s defense and playmaking is why we won. He for easy shots for everyone else. We are best when he does this vs leading us in scoring only. Sure he could sit a little better but that’s hard when you are constantly doubled and tripled.
Literally. He has a similar affect on the offensive court that other amazing stars have like curry. As soon as he touches the ball, there are 3 players drawn to him. He has a gravity on the offensive end. Then you add in that’s he’s basically an all defensive team defender, but without the recognition of it. One of my favourite players I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching play for the Celtics.
6 turnovers, he’s lucky to have a superteam
That’s just bad defense.
That is absolute garbage defense, what the hell are they doing out there