BOSTON — It appeared just like the Boston Celtics have been establishing Jaylen Brown to take a possible game-winning shot on the finish of extra time towards the Toronto Raptors on Saturday evening.
Brown by no means obtained that chance, although.
The Celtics star was pushed off-balanced and tumbled to the ground earlier than he may obtain a go from Jayson Tatum. Tatum then took issues into his personal arms and sunk a 29-footer because the buzzer sounded to carry the Celtics to a thrilling 126-123 win over the Raptors at TD Backyard.
From afar, it appeared just like the play was meant for Brown as he got here off two screens. Tatum, who missed badly on a earlier probability to finish the sport on the finish of regulation, didn’t see it that method. Tatum acknowledged Brown was simply one among many choices he had with the ball in his arms.
“It’s a play we run ceaselessly all through the sport,” Tatum mentioned. “I get a stay catch. They performed spilt motion on the opposite facet. Sam Hauser will get a variety of threes off that motion. So, we obtained totally different reads. The purpose guard, (Derrick) White, pops again for a flare, may throw it to him. If I wish to assault the matchup. So, it’s by no means do that precise factor. It’s simply Joe (Mazzulla) places us in place and skim what they offer you.”
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Tatum, who completed with 24 factors, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, did make an admission in regards to the ultimate play. Brown getting bumped out of the image — he voiced that he thought a foul ought to have been known as — threw off Tatum.
“I actually thought they have been going to name a foul,” Tatum mentioned. “I actually paused for a second. I assumed it was going to be a late whistle simply because from my view, proper off the double display screen pin down, felt like he obtained knocked off balanced and I assumed it was going to be a foul. I waited for a second, they didn’t name it. After which I simply needed to attend for the final shot. I didn’t wish to give them an opportunity to possibly rebound it and have a while left. That’s all we speak about actually is be sure we take the final shot.”
The Celtics in the long run obtained the consequence they needed from Tatum, even when issues didn’t go totally to plan.
“Simply working one of many actions that form of will get some motion and has a number of choices to it,” Mazzulla mentioned. “I assumed it was executed properly by the fellows and it was an awesome shot by Jayson.”
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