Jayson Tatum’s had a few shooting stinkers so far during the Celtics’ run into the NBA Finals. He added another one in his Finals debut.
Tatum shot 3-for-17 and 1-for-5 from deep in Game 1 against the Warriors. But there was one big difference between his poor shooting performance in Thursday’s Game 1 compared to the ones he had against the Bucks and Heat. Tatum dished out a career-high 13 assists to two turnovers, which helped Boston get the 120-108 Game 1 win in Golden State.
The impressive playmaking performance from Tatum started from the jump. He had three assists in the first quarter and seven at halftime.