Jayson Tatum has uncanny ability to force coaches to take timeouts

Some stats make no sense, and yet they make perfect sense. And that’s how it is with Jayson Tatum leading the NBA in made field goals that forced the opposing coach to take a timeout since 2021. In that time, Tatum’s shots have forced 47 immediate timeouts, which leads the league.

The numbers weed out things like mandatory timeouts and crunch time, when teams are often calling timeouts to set up plays. So, this stat is basically showing what teams and players go on big runs and hit shots that make the other team feel that they need to intervene and put a stop to the momentum.

Celtics are constantly going on momentous runs during games

This is a Tatum stat, but when you look at who’s number two…