Justin Tatum was riding to TD Garden for Game 2 between the Celtics and Cavaliers when he said his son Jayson turned to him and asked, “Dad, could you even imagine me in the Eastern Conference finals? Just three games away from the NBA Finals?”
Justin — whose most recent visit to Boston was his longest since the Celtics drafted his son with the third overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft — said he replied, “Please don’t talk about that right now. Let me live this moment.”
Since that conversation, Jayson has moved one step closer to reaching the NBA Finals.