Jayson Tatum on the DIFFERENCE in Game 3: ‘We made some shots’ | NBA on ESPN
Jason, just like in games one and two, you guys got out to a big league. The difference though, how were you able to hold on to it in this one? Uh, just keep playing the right way. Uh, we understood the the magnitude of this game, right? You know, we needed this one. Um, you know, we just didn’t like the way we felt after, you know, last game. So, just coming out here with the right mindset. Uh, you know, just trying to put all together. What was different from three tonight? We made some shots. That’s it. Yeah, make or miss league sometimes. You said after after game two that, you know, at when shots were not falling that we’ve got to continue to be who we are. We got to keep shooting. Just what gave you guys the confidence to have that mindset to just to come out here and to keep firing away. Uh I say it all the time, you can’t ride the emotional roller coaster of the playoffs, right? Um you can’t get too high or too low after a win or a loss. Um and you know, our core group, we’ve been together for a long time. We’ve been in so many different environments and different circumstances. Um, so it’s just about, you know, staying together and and figuring it out. We’ve talked about it all season long, the timelessness of Al Horford, the spark off the bench from Payton Pritchard. Just can you describe the impact that those two in particular had on this game three? Oh man, we we got a really good team, really talented group. Everybody plays a important piece to, you know, make this machine go. Um, and we need everybody and uh, you know, tonight really showed that. Now, after looking more like yourselves, how do you roll this momentum into game four? Uh, you know, uh, just take it one game at a time. Uh, you know, understand that Monday’s going to be a great atmosphere. It’s going to be a big game. It’s going to be fun. So, just also a must win, right? Uh, yeah. You know, you want to win every playoff game. So, just coming out with the right mindset, understanding we play better, but, you know, we can play a lot better. It’s a lot of things that, you know, we didn’t like that we really did tonight. Um, so just building off that. Thank you, Jason. Grass on the wind. [Applause] [Music] [Applause]
Jayson Tatum talks with ESPN’s Lisa Salters following the Boston Celtics’ Game 3 win over the New York Knicks to avoid going down 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
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What almost 90% of the nba community doesn’t talking about is the importance of ending quarters. Huge momentum swings can happen. Celtics cleaned up at the end of these quarters and it showed.
😊 Hard 🔥 u CANT find a song on my yt that aint cuz I’M next up in LA 🥶🔥
The difference was taking better 3s, more drives to the basket, and much better defense.
Yeah, stop playin' Celts 😂…I know the playoffs are a different animal…but you beat this team SO easily in the regular season, you cant ignore the disparity 😂. Up 20+ all three games late…this, for all intents and purposes, should be 3-0 Celts.
Celtics KNOWS they can't afford to make this a close game or it's curtains for them
Tatum deserves to win another championship, his haters act as if he still hasn’t done anything so he needs to shut them up again.
Them being smarter with shot selection, being aggressive in attacking the basket and playing aggressively on the defensive side of the ball was the difference today
The Celtics are so much a better team than the Knicks and its not even close.
Celtics just play 3s and thats it.If they fall nobody can neat them if dont there is no plan b ir plan c they look like amateurs. Tibs made huge mistake for not letting this game go after 3/4 and bullied his starting 5 to play that much minutes.Knicks look gased
celtics in 6 baby
Horford with with the old school hops 😂! He got air for that alley oop 😂! He got up there to block KAT and Mitch too 😂. He's icing those knees pretty good right now 😂!
Celtics should be 3-0 rn
They should be up 3-0
Celtics have led in this series 136 minutes and the knicks have led for 12 lmao. Should be 3-0 stay the course Boston.
"The were still some areas where the C's left room to improve in this series so spectators can look forward to watching the Boston Celtics to tighten up on ball movement to close out games and driving to the bucket more rather than looking for the 3 pointer and relying on the boost without the effort required to sustain. Getting to the line will help J.T.; J.B.; and K.P. in the second half to conserve some energy for defense and cut out the facade of "Hero Ball" being the factor that wins the game. I hated noticing one athlete [J.T.; and J.B..] grab the defensive rebound and run down the court leaving a full 14 seconds remaining on the shot clock after shooting the ball not having passed to any team mate and turned the ball over to New York. That's basically a turnover at the professional level, and the reason the Jrue to J.T. alley oop didn't connect….no other ball handlers had an in game sync with the ball to manually gauge how to adjust spontaneously.".😎
Uh oh NY… 😳
The Knicks are too small for Boston and the matchups are a disaster for them when they play a small lineup against the likes of Boston, Cleveland and Oklahoma City. The small ball lineup works against the rest of the NBA, but not those three.
A lineup with Robinson, Towns, Anunoby, Bridges and Brunson does work against Boston both on offense and defense. Suddenly, with the bigger lineup, the individual matchups work in New York's favor
Robinson – Brown where Robinson protects the rim
Towns – Porzingis where Towns shoots a lot from outside
Anunoby – Tatum – Anunoby can compete with Tatum
Bridges – White – Bridges can compete with White
Brunson – Holliday – Robinson can rim protect for Brunson
as opposed to:
Towns – Porzingis – zero rim protection
Anunoby – Brown – Anunoby is physically overmatched
Bridges – Bridges – bad matchup for Bridges
Hart White – a wash
Brunson – Holliday – no rim protection for Brunson
the thing I don't understand is why Thibodeau is incapable of seeing the obvious.
He insists on using the "Knicks lose all the matchups on both offense and defense lineup" and will not consider the "we are very competitive with all of the matchups both on offense and defense lineup"
Not to mention with Robinson and Towns both in the lineup, the Knicks match up well with Boston on the boards, as well.
Do the Knicks have to go down by twenty or thirty points in every single game before Thibodeau even considers changing lineups?
The last time the Knicks had a 2-0 series lead against a defending NBA champion, they lost the last four games of the series.
those last two losses was just bad luck, they're winning in 6
It’s a make or miss league!
The Celtics are clearly so much better than the Knicks
CRAZY that he's only 19 year old 😅🤣😂😅🤣🤣😂😂😅😅😂🤣😂😂😂😂
They learned nothing and it shows. What happens if they have a bad shooting night.
Good job making all your shots this game also good job not choking 20 point lead 😂
The Celtics can really only beat themselves
I mean , these questions are why coach Pop answered the way he answered.
TAtum seen my comment from last game n went off😂😂😂😅😅
the new york Big mouths cause bad karma
Now take this into the rest of the series
2-1 it's from over. Repeat incoming 🍀🏆🏆🍀
live by the 3, die by the 3.
Bro. Knicks need to play like its their last game.
People saying that Boston should be up 3-0, we gotta nix that. Celtics are down 2-1, it is what it is. But if they win Game 4…oh it’s gonna be quiet 👀
0:07 into this video…
“ Jayson Tatum you played like a pair of meat curtains out there tonight 40 mins of court time for just 22 points “
Knicks in 6
This team is only a better 3-point shooting team. If they don't make 3's, well this is why it's 2-1. GO KNICKS
RIGHT WE ARE DOWN 2-1…..BUT LETS BE REAL..REAL RECOGNIZES REAL 💯…. CELTS BLEW TWO 2P PT LEADS….THE KNICKS HAVE NOT SOOO MUCH BEAT US CELTS AS WE GAVE AWAY 2 GAMES…..SO YES I WAS NEVER WORRIED….THE KNICKS HAVE PROVED NOTHING OTHER THAN WHEN WE MISS 45 3$ AND INSTEAD OF TAKING HIGHER % SHOTS EVERYTIME WE ARE UP BY 20(WHICH HAS BEEN ALMOST ALWAYS THIS SERIES)😂😂😂…THEY CAN HIT SHOTS N COME BACK CUZ WE DON'T USE OUR HEADS……. BIGGEST MISTAKE MADE IS LOSING TONITE…..CELTS IN 6
As Bill Burr said: NBA is FIXED. They let 0-2 Knicks to put MSG picket trices to Superbowl tickets. That's all. They let Celtics play again LOL.
Celtics in 9!
He’s pretty good for 19.
Tatum said it best, you cant attach yourself to an emotion besides determination, in the middle of a game or championship.
when they went on that run early in the game they worked to get great quality wide open shots, when they didn’t get great quality 3s they drove the ball or attacked mismatches. Everyone had better pickup points on D and battled on the glass .
BLACK MAMBA MENTALITY IS FOR LOSERS
DEI DESTROYS MENTALLY CHALLENGED BLACK MAMBA INTELLIGENCE
Here in Brazil we usually say that when a team is in a place it shouldn't be, it's like an elephant up a tree, you don't know how it got up but you know it's going to fall.
Knicks is like that
so how did you win? "we put the ball in the basket more than the other team"
Cool hand J