The Celtics are three wins away from an NBA title, winning Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday as they seek to do something they fell two wins short of doing two years ago.
Jayson Tatum kept things in perspective following the Celtics’ 107-89 win on Thursday, making an admission about their postseason failure in 2023 in the process.
“It felt great,” Tatum told reporters about playing in a Finals game for the second time in three years. “To be honest, I was nervous. I ain’t gonna lie, I was nervous in like, an anxious way, like I was a little kid.