Why is Perk laughing so much? I’m very confused… Why did they interview the reps with a music bed underneath? That was a very odd half hour

21 of Tatum’s 33 points came in the restricted area or at the line

There was a clear purpose to what he was doing …

Attacking the cup is one way to overcome some of the shooting struggles … he was awesome in that game

Mitchell scored 16 points with Al as his primary defender … he hit 4 3s

They tried switching … the dude is such a tough cover … he can destroy drop, so it’s not easy trying to figure out how to guard him

The defensive effort is totally different

Jrue looks like Larry Johnson out there. Nice to see he finally realized he's the strongest dude on the court.

Strus can guard Tatum… he can’t guard Jaylen

Jrue!!!!!

Is this about to be a Jrue game?

Jaylen has Wade on him … why bring Strus into the action? Just attack

Tatum needs to play faster especially against Strus

How did Lauko get a penalty there?

Donovan Mitchell has always been a great scorer, but watching this again holy shit

He covers so much ground when he spins or euros … he’s explosive & he can hit pull-ups

Dude is an amazing scorer

Worth monitoring

Pull-ups

Mitchell

5-10 FG
4-5 3PT

Garland

4-5 FG
4-4 3PT

*Garland is shooting 46.2% on pull-up 3s in the playoffs after shooting 38.8% in the regular season

This is what scares me a bit… these guys can knock down pull-ups … coverage needs to change

Tatum

2s outside the restricted area

17-46 (37%)

3s

11-41 (26.8%)

28 makes outside the restricted area
18 makes in the restricted area

Mitchell

22-44 (50%) FG
9-18 (50%) 3PT
62 points

Mobley

17-27 (63%) FG
38 points
23 rebounds

Celts

Open 3s

*closest defender 4-6 feet away

2-15 (13.3%)

White - 0-3
Jaylen - 0-4
Pritchard - 0-2

They are gonna have off shooting nights… the defense is what is unacceptable … also it felt like they could have attacked more when Cleveland got in the bonus in the 3rd

Tatum with Strus as the primary defender

Game 2

2-6 FG
5 points

Game 1

2-7 FG
4 points

Series

4-13 (30.8%) FG
9 points

Mitchell

V. Primary defender

Jaylen

4-5
10 points

Hauser

2-2
5 points

Jrue

0-3
2-2 FTA
2 points

Tatum

3-5
8 points

Field Goal Percentage

77 qualifiers

68) Tatum - 40.7%

76) Jrue - 36.1%

I thought the Tatum breakout game was coming last night after he made 2 3s, but he finished just 7-17

he’s doing other things, but we need the breakout shooting game soon

Celts

Game 2 loss

22.9% 3PT

128.3 defensive rating

*It felt like they let the bad shooting night hurt their defense

Naturally they are facing a set defense less often but the effort, on that end, was just not there consistently