Yesterday’s contest was a dominant win in all senses, albeit against a miserable opponent. Granular, we shall get:
Jayson Tatum destroyed everyone who guarded him.
On the whole, we know the Cavs’ team defense is wretched, and Tatum exploited its individual player-to-player wretchedness to marvelous effect:
Jayson Tatum has taken advantage of repeatedly getting Collin Sexton and Darius Garland guarding him defensively to get hot, and now he’s torching the Cavs. Up to 24 points on 9-13 shooting & it’s still late on the second quarter. Kevin Love, meanwhile, is up to 19.