NBA FINALS, Gm 2 – Mavericks (0) @ Celtics (1) – 8:00PM, Sun, June 9, 2024

[bballcool34]

JT improving, but still uncomfortable. Mavs pressing him. Hopefully he finds the way... during the series...

Ill give him credit on rebounding and assist but he wasn't very good on defense and he was especially awful on offense.

Tatum ability to guard the 5 was a huge reason Luka ability to create in the P&R has been way less effective
Basically neutralizes the lob threat.

Was also one of the most effective 1-1 defenders last game after Horford

His defense overall has been great this series

[TheMartian]

For all the talk of Jrue being a playoff dropper, he's been right there getting buckets when we need him.

Shhh. Don't jinx it. He's been playing great all playoffs.

[The Corey's]

Y'all can't deny it. Tatum has the yips. He's literally afraid of the moment.

This is looking more and more to be the case. Maybe he will surprise us in the second half. But I just think he has a mental block and that’s bad bad news.

They need him to be better. Eventually the Mavs will hit some 3s. They can't miss them all game or series.

Tatum needs to dump in his 25 points and not getting a basket until almost the 15 minute mark is crazy unacceptable

[fallguy]

Dallas knows JT won't take pull up mid-range shots. They pack the paint on his drives. He's not going to have some huge scoring half. They're taking that away. They won't let JT beat them with his scoring.

[London2Boston]

Whoever’s idea it was to scrap the NBA Playoffs theme song for generic pop song needs firing. Bring this back!

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[Bill Lumbergh]

Thank goodness for those trades for Jrue and kp. We'd be screwed otherwise.

[NYCelticsfan136]

They need tatum to wake up. Even in game 1 he was meh. Had we lost that game he would have taken some heat.

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

Amazingly the Celtics are winning, despite the best efforts of the Doughy Thanos,
but Tatum has been an abomination not a revelation, and continues his streak of Bad Finals Games.

[Fierce1]

If JT and White get going in the 2nd half, Cs will win.

Just need to hang on until the 3-ball starts falling again.

[playa-hater]

Jrue Holiday, Finals MVP has a nice "ring" to it

No disrespect I really could care less who gets the finals MVP.. If we don't win 18 this year I will be so sick of this sport and the Boston Celtics..

[The Corey's]

JT improving, but still uncomfortable. Mavs pressing him. Hopefully he finds the way... during the series...

Ill give him credit on rebounding and assist but he wasn't very good on defense and he was especially awful on offense.

Tatum ability to guard the 5 was a huge reason Luka ability to create in the P&R has been way less effective
Basically neutralizes the lob threat.

Was also one of the most effective 1-1 defenders last game after Horford

His defense overall has been great this series

He got caught flat footed on there lob dunk and wasn't even close. He completely missed the assignment.

[Bill Lumbergh]

I really dislike this Bob Myers guy.

[redslastlaugh]

We’ll JT should take those shots. You gotta take them middies. And he’s got that in his bag.

Let’s go JT

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Dallas knows JT won't take pull up mid-range shots. They pack the paint on his drives. He's not going to have some huge scoring half. They're taking that away. They won't let JT beat them with his scoring.

[Deivork]

this BIA girl is naturally HOT, nice flow

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

Ill give him credit on rebounding and assist but he wasn't very good on defense and he was especially awful on offense.

Tatum ability to guard the 5 was a huge reason Luka ability to create in the P&R has been way less effective
Basically neutralizes the lob threat.

Was also one of the most effective 1-1 defenders last game after Horford

His defense overall has been great this series

He got caught flat footed on there lob dunk and wasn't even close. He completely missed the assignment.

And he's been exploited by the Doughy Thanos. Brown has been much better defensively.

[Fierce1]

Amazingly the Celtics are winning, despite the best efforts of the Doughy Thanos,
but Tatum has been an abomination not a revelation, and continues his streak of Bad Finals Games.

Game not over.

JT has 24 minutes to turn it around.

[playa-hater]

I know people are going to say this.. luka was on fire Tatum has sucked and we are still winning..

I really don't want to hear this **** this is the type of **** that leads to an upset loss..

Tatum absolutely needs Stop being so damn soft. And step up this is for a **** title..

How is the team being soft?

Where did I say the team is being soft??

[BRUNiNHO91]

Brown getting a free pass here but he has to be better also. We need to be able to rely on our 600 million dollar duo for buckets in a finals game. At least one has to get some buckets in the 2nd half.

[Celts17Pride]

Jaylen Brown taken over from Tatum turnover problems in Game 1. Brown has 4 at the half. Needs to be better

[Darthlukey]

Y'all can't deny it. Tatum has the yips. He's literally afraid of the moment.

This is looking more and more to be the case. Maybe he will surprise us in the second half. But I just think he has a mental block and that’s bad bad news.

They need him to be better. Eventually the Mavs will hit some 3s. They can't miss them all game or series.

Tatum needs to dump in his 25 points and not getting a basket until almost the 15 minute mark is crazy unacceptable

Sames goes for us in this game though too, 3s arent dropping

Mind you, this series reminds me a bit of the 95 finals: Magic relied on Shaq being double teamed to get bulk open 3s. Rockets played shaq 1v1, let him get his and locked down the role playing shooters. We are doing the same here: we have a bunch of good 1v1 defenders, Luka kills us but the 3 role players on the court dont get easy lobs or 3s which they are used to getting.

I would prefer that they make Luka drive more and give him less 3s, lay ups take more energy than 3s