[Highlight] Slo-mo of Paul George’s wide open three-pointer that capped off a 36-point night
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Cold. Nice seeing PG13 balling out.
I really hope he stays healthy. Such a great player. Who knows where he would be without these injuries.
Me too. I’ve always appreciated his game, and enjoyed watching him whenever he played us.
He’s so smooth
Happy for him
Same.
I miss watching PG on my favorite team
it’s crazy how it came full circle when I remember 10 years ago the Brown pick for Paul George was being heavily rumored in Boston circles
A point for every year on this earth
Didn’t expect him to come back at this level AND mesh this well with the C’s. Only question I have is what version of Paul George will show up during playoffs ?
Lol Tatum just knew he wasn’t missing
Still had to check to be sure though! Don’t want a Nick Young situation lol
I mean, he saw PG who knew it was going in already
This whole thing is pretty cold.
Tatum celebrating before it goes in. PG goosenecking and walking off. Splash to cap it off.
PG was also open because of JB’s mistake and the C’s were already looking like the trade winners the whole game.
Sorry but Tatum not even needing to look because he knew it was good was too funny
Except he did look real quick lol kinda ruined it
His arms are up in celebration prior to peaking. Referring to that lol
He looked back to see if they were taking it out fast but then it was a timeout so then he turned back to PG
Why is this downvoted? He literally did look back. Lol. It’s still an incredible replay, but it’s funny that he peaked over his shoulder to make sure.
Probably because the comment said the peek “kinda ruined it” lol it wasn’t just pointing out that he peeked..
Because Celtics fans are very sensitive about their guy. Especially recently.
He’s a cool dude, and a great basketball player, but talk about an aura blackhole 😭
Aura is only important to teenagers
It’s just another word for charisma ma dude. Don’t be such a boomer, language evolves.
The Tatum celebration is nasty
I loved this play because it highlights how selfless Tatum is. He no longer presses at all.
Here he gets the ball, which takes George’s man off him, and Tatum just immediately passes it back for the wide-open three.
Tatum does this all game. The Celtics all do this. I never understood how so many people seem to think this is boring. It’s beautiful, high-level team basketball.
It’s boring for box score watchers, but not for whoever is actually watching the game (like a lot of people were tonight)
Normally if the 76ers actually contested the leading scorers shot, he would have passed it one more time and Tatum wouldn’t even get the assist.
Selfless basketball has always been beautiful. Happy for you, hope y’all have a good season and get bounced in the first round.
Hey same to you bud
I think that’s when PG is playing. Because today he had to press, a LOT. And he can still, which is good because it would allow PG to rest. But Tatum is just improving at becoming a teams offensive engine.
Can we give credit to Jaylen for doubling Tatum when PG has the hot hand though
Tatum’s a good facilitator but I don’t think we need to wax poetic about a basic pass out of a double.
It’s like AI has eyes now
It’s not boring, but it’s very repetitive cause you know what their basic principles are. You know they wanna shoot them threes. Analytics and all
I mean it would be pretty stupid to not pass to the wide open elite 3 point shooter.
Who is 7 guarding?
The intersection between environmentalism, social justice, and education.
His self esteem.
that was not nice
Especially because he has low self esteem
His hairspray
This play encapsulates why the Celtics traded Brown for George. Defensively, Brown wanders into no man’s land leaving George wide open while putting no real pressure on Tatum.
Offensively, these are the shots/possessions Brown didn’t generate with Tatum. Simple two man game. PG feeds Tatum on a post mismatch and gets it right back for a catch-and-shoot three. Brown tended not to pass to Tatum much. When he got open threes in the flow of the offense, he too often turned them into contested mid-range looks.
I don’t disagree with your overall point, but Brown didn’t really wander into no man’s land, he left his man to double Tatum so he wasnt one-on-one in the paint against Tyrese Maxey, which is a lay-up.
You can argue that thats the wrong play, but Brown wasn’t sleeping on this play.
weak double into 0 close-out. you could argue that someone else should rotate to PG, but still the double was weak, so Tatum’s pass was free.
One of my first issues with Jaylen was that he never has his hands up. One of the first things I learned about basketball when I was 9 was to always have my hands up on defense. If we didn’t the coach would slingshot a basketball at your face
Hands up here has a pretty big chance of tipping the ball away
It was a bad team defense for sure because someone is wrong if strong side wing is open on a post up, I would bet you are right, but it could also be that the double should have came from the weak side. JB was a really poor help defender, particularly early in his career, but always kind bad even on his best day. Its such a shame because he has the size, strength, and fluidity to be such hound on defense and he gives back so much of what he takes.
Nitpicking JB a bit, if you are doubling a post, and turning your entire back to your man, get a hand up, be in some position to trace the ball, because its either a pass or shot. Make everything hard for your opponent because an easy pass made an easy 3. I left my coaching days behind me, but I was involved in a team with multiple scholarship kids and they faced a few future NBA players, I don’t understand how the fundamentals like that get lost.
It’s also the fact that Brown had an opportunity to contest and just said “nope” despite spending a lot of the night on the bench, so he should have had the energy for it.
I think the decision to double isn’t bad but the execution was very lazy and left him in no man’s land. He didn’t really put a ton of pressure on Tatum to make the pass difficult but he also wasn’t in a good position to contest the shot either.
He left his man to double then made absolutely no effort to get back. This was the 3rd possession in a row that PG had a wide open three and all 3 of them were JBs blown coverage.
Vibes are so good right now
That’s the upside of being Hufflepuff. Vibes are always good.
They should’ve done a wider crop to keep Brown in the frame and get more of his reaction.
I’m always happy to see Paul George playing well. Love the guy.
That’s a good shot.
Nah, it was a bad shot
My boy D white couldn’t look happier in the background
Now that’s a flair my man
He’s averaging 22 with 44% from 3 and 2 steals. Glad JT finally has a Finals MVP-level teammate.
Easy
Poetic lol. JB overhelping leaving a sharpshooter wide open.
Boston Three Party is tuff
D White glancing at JB 👀😂
I heard we got fleeced tho. Despite literally everything telling yall Brown was a net negative for us.
Lets see how many games PG plays this year before we get too carried away. If he plays most of the season and all of the playoffs then yeh.
I mean he doesn’t have to play a single game for it to be a good trade.
PG is fine being a “robin” not every player has the ego, disposition, humility, etc. to play that role. It has to be relief for Tatum to not have to deal with his second’s narcissism, egotism, and jealousy.
It’s why I find it funny when people are like “Tatum could have vetoed if he wanted to”.
Bro why the fuck would he want to?? JB just siphons possession not just from JT but the offense as a whole, meanwhile thinking he’s a top 5 player in the league who is disrespected, and is a pseudo intellectual conspiracy theorist to boot lol. Must have been exhausting being in the same room with the guy constantly.
His pseudo intellectualism is actually is the worst part…. well for me anyways.
it’s interesting bc it shows how PG has matured. When he was younger he definitely had that ego. “I gotta get the last shot” etc
Well Boston is down 20 right now to the Raptors without him so maybe he’s Batman.
They’re up now halfway through the 3rd quarter
lol
Oof
Can we just go straight to the Finals with BOS and SAS?
im actually so mad how good PG13 is this season considering the amount of washed gifs i’ve been sending smh
PG making it know that we’re getting Playoff P and Playoff P only
Bron looks mad mad. Should have gone to the cavs for the love, or the wolves for the win.
If the Sixers somehow manage to be yet another second round exit this year they gotta pack up the team and move to Pittsburgh tbh
The only thing that would be better in Pittsburgh than Philly is the public racism. The burgh keeps their racism to talking to their tvs or complaining about Tomlin (rip)
He’s on a team built perfectly for playoff basketball lol
He would have been amazing in the current warriors’ roster
The fit seems like it would be clunky once Jimmy returns. Idk if you could play Jimmy, LeBron, Yaxel, and Draymond at the same time. Even with Steph, the spacing would be pretty bad IMO.
Bye jimmy then
no, another play that doesn’t play defense and is 50y old? thanks. Unless it’s Draymond for Bron
Left em stankin
Absolute butter. Always been a fun to watch player idc