In the NBA regular season, the Celtics beat the Lakers at home. In this game, Tatum of the Celtics carried the team. He played 34 minutes and scored 37 points and 11 rebounds on 13 of 26 shots. As a result, Tatum (23 years old, 261 days) became the second youngest player to score at least 35 points and 10 rebounds in the Yellow-Green game (the Lakers vs. Celtics game), second only to Wien-Mei. Kelsen (23 years old and 87 days old)
Today, no matter who the Lakers send to defend against Tatum is a misplacement. At the beginning of the game, the Lakers' strategy was to attack Tatum. From the actual direction of the game, this strategy worked immediately. Tatum suffered two fouls in less than half a quarter. Can only be replaced.
In the second quarter of the game, Tatum, who was back on the court, was not soft on the defensive end. He immediately blocked Westbrook's layup and then cut a three-pointer from the outside. Tatum's height and mobility give him a dislocation advantage when facing the defense of any player on the Lakers. This makes the Lakers' defense very difficult and often only pays for fouls. Tatum knows well that he has repeatedly clicked the list to beat Westbrook to succeed. Before halftime, Tatum became Westbrook's bitter owner again. He stole the ball in Westbrook's hand and ended with a dunk dunk.
In the second half, the Lakers are still using different people to try to defend Tatum, but when facing different defenders, Tatum uses different "weapons" to deal with it, and is easy to do. Europe stepped past Lao Zhan and succeeded in layup, and made a defensive foul of Melo. When facing the under-tall backcourt players of the Lakers, his back turned and leaned back and basically couldn't block the shot.
In the second half, the Lakers' defense seemed a little messy. Tatum always got the ball to the basket and got an easy chance to score points. The Lakers still had only one way to stop him from attacking the basket, and that was a foul. .
In the middle of the final quarter, Tatum first made a three-pointer in the bottom corner, and then he assisted Richardson to score after the breakthrough. Even 5 points made the Celtics lead to 18 points and killed in one fell swoop. competition. After the game entered garbage time, Tatum was replaced in advance, and the home fans also gave him applause and cheers.