CLEVELAND — The pairing of Jrue Holiday and Derrick White in the Celtics backcourt is a luxury that other teams don’t possess.
No other team had two players finish in the top 10 of the Defensive Player of the Year voting this season; Holiday finished sixth and White was eighth.
“I’m just thankful that those guys are on our team,” Jayson Tatum said. “The intangible things that they do on the defensive end night in and night out, whether it’s chasing shooters around or fighting through screens or coming over the top and contesting shots.
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“They do it however long they’re in the game.