{"id":137615,"date":"2024-06-07T19:58:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T23:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=137615"},"modified":"2024-06-07T19:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T23:58:49","slug":"celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON \u2014 <strong>Jayson Tatum\u2019s<\/strong> first drive to the basket drew <strong>Daniel Gafford, Derrick Jones Jr.<\/strong> and <strong>Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/strong> to the rim. He passed and got Al Horford an open look from three. All five Mavericks watched him on the following possession with their backs to their assignments, two meeting him at the rim before he kicked to <strong>Derrick White<\/strong> for a corner three.<\/p>\n<p>Tatum mostly played off-ball early in Game 1 of the\u00a0NBA Finals, <strong>Jrue Holiday<\/strong> carrying the ball up the floor after the Mavs sold out on Tatum for two possessions. They even did so when he didn\u2019t initiate offense, Holiday stepping to the free throw line, turning and seeing <strong>Dereck Lively II<\/strong> and <strong>Kyrie Irving<\/strong> jump to Tatum in trailing position at the sight of Holiday looking his way. Holiday pivoted to White instead, wide open for a second three with two Mavs on Tatum and Boston was off to a 23-5 first quarter run that effectively ended Dallas\u2019 chances.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"LIVE: Kristaps Porzingis BACK In a BIG WAY: Celtics vs Mavs Game 1 | Garden Report\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RALcZ5hEGwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was unbelievable,\u201d Horford said in the locker room. \u201cWhen you look at our team, the things that we\u2019re able to do out there, they all initiate with him. He gets so much attention, they\u2019re trying to double him, they\u2019re trying to give him different looks and he has to continue to make the right reads. Tonight, he continued to make the right reads every time, taking what the defense gave him and then on the defensive end, he did well too. He rebounded very well for us. The stuff that he did doesn\u2019t measure in stats or numbers or anything like that, but his impact on the game was felt tremendously, in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"OdLvZd\">Tatum finished with 16 points, 11 rebounds and five assists on 6-for-16 shooting, falling to 43.8% from the field and actually improving slightly to 29.9% from three with a 3-for-7 night behind the line. He saw two defenders often along the perimeter and more often drove into two or three with a rotation center meeting him at the basket.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SkkgU8\">It marked a continuation of an almost Jordan Rules defensive approach the Heat and Cavaliers employed against him earlier in the playoffs, but some of the struggles also fell on Tatum being unable to exploit his mismatches quickly enough. He committed six turnovers, uncharacteristic during this run. Joe Mazzulla and teammates noted Tatum did his job, though, and his pass-first approach led to him impacting the game despite not taking a shot attempt until almost nine minutes into the game \u2014 Boston already leading 24-18.<\/p>\n<p id=\"x4p9QE\">\u201cI think Jayson is just being Jayson,\u201d Holiday said in the locker room after. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any pressure he can\u2019t handle, on or off the court, but I think on the court, him being able to play make, almost having a triple-double and being the best player on the court is what he does &#8230; I know sometimes people see him as a scorer, but he\u2019s a natural playmaker, doing a lot of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"LIVE: Celtics vs Mavs NBA Finals Game 1 Postgame Show | Garden Report\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ywQ8c0M5RFw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tatum\u2019s game has become increasingly difficult to evaluate as the playoffs have progressed because his job has changed drastically night-to-night and sometimes play-to-play. Dallas flashed a zone that allowed him to step into a three around a screen, but mostly declared that it wasn\u2019t going to let Tatum score. Boston benefited immediately, swinging multiple passes away from the pressure and shooting 11-for-27 (40.7%) from three in the first half\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itsbrianbarrett\/status\/1799107186775498933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">while producing 42 points on threes through assists to Dallas\u2019 nine<\/a>. Even considering potential assists, Tatum out-dueled Don\u010di\u0107 as a passer, 14-7. Don\u010di\u0107 finished with one assist.<\/p>\n<p id=\"EZQ5zG\">He also played a role in Boston nearly squandering the 29-point lead he helped build, trying to attack Don\u010di\u0107 out of the corner, but doing so too deliberately before getting stripped. A sloppy pick-and-pop with Horford saw him toss a pass too long past him and create a rushed miss. Trying to isolate Lively, he floated back toward mid-court and let the shot clock tick below 10, allowing Dallas to load up on him and force him to lose the ball out-of-bounds. Out of timeout, a quicker decision to drive downhill past Derrick Jones Jr. got him two points.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ahLqlq\">Tatum has shot 26.9% from the field (11.4% 3PT, 2.3 att.) this postseason when tightly covered on 4.5 attempts per game. He\u2019s 36.5% FG (38.6% 3PT, 3.8 att.) on 6.4 attempts when open. He\u2019s rarely wide open for 1.2 attempts (44.1%) and 1.0 three-point look (40%) each night. In Game 1, he shot 1-for-1 when wide open, 2-for-4 when open and 1-for-5 when tightly covered, according to NBA tracking data.<\/p>\n<p id=\"sm0TYR\">\u201cThey\u2019ve seen every coverage,&#8221; <strong>Jason Kidd<\/strong> said pre-game. \u201cWe\u2019ve gotta be able to change it up. We can\u2019t give them a steady diet of one thing, they\u2019ll pick you apart. When you get multiple bodies on the ball, that\u2019s when the three comes into play. Hopefully we can stay out of that situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"w6r1PU\">Tatum emerged from his struggles in round three against a weak Pacers defense that sold out to take away the three, in general, rather than Tatum\u2019s lanes to the basket. That resulted in a series where he averaged 30.3 points per game on 46.3% despite his slump from deep continuing (30.6%). He reached the free throw line 7.0 times per game and generated 9.0 open shots each night while hitting 42.9% of his wide open threes (1.8 att.).<\/p>\n<p id=\"uZUUFR\">It\u2019s not easy to manufacture open looks for your best player at this stage of the playoffs, one of timeout where Tatum lined up Irving close to the basket and beat him for a dunk the best example from Game 1. Mazzulla and the\u00a0Celtics\u00a0have put Tatum in the mindset of absorbing defensive crowds and using it to free up other members of the team. They discuss whether he wants to initiate or screen, putting some agency in Tatum\u2019s hands and Boston\u2019s offensive system, in general, calls on players to make the reads. He\u2019s improved drastically with that, averaging 5.9 APG and 2.7 turnovers per night in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"dKrh2x\">His personal offensive consistency hasn\u2019t affected the other parts of his game often, but as he looks for opportunities to score against what looks like it\u2019ll be another overwhelming Dallas effort to stop him, getting into sets quicker, with 16-17 seconds on the shot clock as Mazzulla has said, will help him have time to beat his defenders one-on-one, anticipating a potential adjustment away from double teams. To this point, in spite of a significant, playoff-long shooting slump, Boston has won eight games in a row and is three wins from a championship \u2014 and Tatum\u2019s been a major part of it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Is6ebS\">\u201cIt\u2019s just poise,\u201d Mazzulla said. \u201cThey have a great defensive system, great defensive team, throw a bunch of stuff at you. Different spacings. Different coverages and the poise to figure it out and make the right play is going to be the most important thing. I thought he had that throughout the game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON \u2014 Jayson Tatum\u2019s first drive to the basket drew Daniel Gafford, Derrick Jones Jr. and Luka Don\u010di\u0107 to the rim. He passed and got Al Horford an open look from three. All five Mavericks watched him on the following possession with their backs to their assignments, two meeting him at the rim before he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":137616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3537,48,3538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-home-featured-banner","category-nba","category-nba-featured-banner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles - CLNS Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jayson Tatum struggled to find his own shot again playing in massive Mavericks crowds, overcoming early turnover trouble to finish with five assists.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles - CLNS Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jayson Tatum struggled to find his own shot again playing in massive Mavericks crowds, overcoming early turnover trouble to finish with five assists.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CLNS Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CLNSmedia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-07T23:58:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/USATSI_23489533-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1706\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bobby Manning\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@clnsmedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@clnsmedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bobby Manning\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bobby Manning\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4dea6d4320cd823227ce4e09b03a87d2\"},\"headline\":\"Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-07T23:58:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1183,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/USATSI_23489533-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Home Featured Banner\",\"NBA\",\"NBA Featured Banner\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/\",\"name\":\"Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles - CLNS Media\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/USATSI_23489533-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-07T23:58:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"Jayson Tatum struggled to find his own shot again playing in massive Mavericks crowds, overcoming early turnover trouble to finish with five assists.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/USATSI_23489533-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/USATSI_23489533-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1706,\"caption\":\"Jun 6, 2024; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) controls the ball against Dallas Mavericks guard Jaden Hardy (1) in the fourth quarter during game one of the 2024 NBA Finals at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"CLNS Media\",\"description\":\"Covering Boston Sports Since 2009\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CLNS Media Company\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/clns.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/clns.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"CLNS Media Company\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/CLNSmedia\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/clnsmedia\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/clnsmedia\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCTNMXdUDhy_ivZkhbsQ_7ZA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4dea6d4320cd823227ce4e09b03a87d2\",\"name\":\"Bobby Manning\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/avatar_user_254_1651332936-96x96.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/avatar_user_254_1651332936-96x96.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/avatar_user_254_1651332936-96x96.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Bobby Manning\"},\"description\":\"Boston Celtics beat reporter for CLNS Media and host of the Garden Report Celtics Post Game Show. NBA national columnist for Boston Sports Journal. Contributor to SB Nation's CelticsBlog. Host of the Dome Theory Sports and Culture Podcast on CLNS. Syracuse University 2020.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/RealBobManning.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/bmann26\\\/?hl=en\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/realbobmanning\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCOZ6i9D5PAX6W3RXRAh65vw\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clnsmedia.com\\\/author\\\/bobbymanning\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles - CLNS Media","description":"Jayson Tatum struggled to find his own shot again playing in massive Mavericks crowds, overcoming early turnover trouble to finish with five assists.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles - CLNS Media","og_description":"Jayson Tatum struggled to find his own shot again playing in massive Mavericks crowds, overcoming early turnover trouble to finish with five assists.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/","og_site_name":"CLNS Media","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CLNSmedia\/","article_published_time":"2024-06-07T23:58:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1706,"url":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/USATSI_23489533-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bobby Manning","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@clnsmedia","twitter_site":"@clnsmedia","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bobby Manning","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/"},"author":{"name":"Bobby Manning","@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4dea6d4320cd823227ce4e09b03a87d2"},"headline":"Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles","datePublished":"2024-06-07T23:58:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/"},"wordCount":1183,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/USATSI_23489533-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Home Featured Banner","NBA","NBA Featured Banner"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/","name":"Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles - CLNS Media","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/USATSI_23489533-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2024-06-07T23:58:49+00:00","description":"Jayson Tatum struggled to find his own shot again playing in massive Mavericks crowds, overcoming early turnover trouble to finish with five assists.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/USATSI_23489533-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/USATSI_23489533-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1706,"caption":"Jun 6, 2024; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) controls the ball against Dallas Mavericks guard Jaden Hardy (1) in the fourth quarter during game one of the 2024 NBA Finals at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/celtics-praise-unbelievable-tatum-game-1-effort-despite-shooting-struggles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Celtics Praise Unbelievable Tatum Game 1 Effort Despite Shooting Struggles"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/","name":"CLNS Media","description":"Covering Boston Sports Since 2009","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/#organization","name":"CLNS Media Company","url":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/clns.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/clns.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"CLNS Media Company"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CLNSmedia\/","https:\/\/x.com\/clnsmedia","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/clnsmedia\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTNMXdUDhy_ivZkhbsQ_7ZA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4dea6d4320cd823227ce4e09b03a87d2","name":"Bobby Manning","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/avatar_user_254_1651332936-96x96.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/avatar_user_254_1651332936-96x96.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/avatar_user_254_1651332936-96x96.jpeg","caption":"Bobby Manning"},"description":"Boston Celtics beat reporter for CLNS Media and host of the Garden Report Celtics Post Game Show. NBA national columnist for Boston Sports Journal. Contributor to SB Nation's CelticsBlog. Host of the Dome Theory Sports and Culture Podcast on CLNS. Syracuse University 2020.","sameAs":["http:\/\/RealBobManning.com","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bmann26\/?hl=en","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/realbobmanning","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOZ6i9D5PAX6W3RXRAh65vw"],"url":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/author\/bobbymanning\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137617,"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137615\/revisions\/137617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}