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Floaters, cutting, and drives: How Jayson Tatum re-vamped his game

In the second half of last season, Jayson Tatum emerged as an MVP candidate. He led the Boston Celtics on a run to the NBA Finals for the first time in his career and shot extremely well from three-point range.

However, the one issue that kept popping up was his interior finishing. He would drive into the paint, but once he got there, he couldn’t finish. Here are Tatum’s stats from last year:

  • Regular season: 11.4 drives/game, 48.8% FG
  • Playoffs: 14.1 drives/game, 38.3% FG
  • Regular season: 68.