Jayson Tatum’s exceptional play across four regular season matchups was obviously a major storyline entering the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
How could it not? In every matchup, Tatum exposed major flaws in New York’s defensive personnel, particularly in its reliance on Karl Anthony-Towns as a drop big that Tatum effortlessly exposed time and time again through his pull-up shooting and tight handle on the drive.
In those four games, Tatum averaged 33.5 points on 53% efficiency with extremely high volume (21 FGA). 11.5 of those shots came from the 3-point line, which is the third most for Tatum among all the teams he’s faced this season.