1. We’ll start the Takeaways by checking in on our 3 Questions from pregame. First up was the vaunted Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown vs Kawhi Leonard and Paul George matchup. Well…we got half of it!
Brown (sore knee) and George (sore foot) were both out with injuries, but Tatum and Leonard stepped up. Tatum scored 34 points and Leonard had 28. Both made several big plays throughout the game. It wasn’t the two-on-two battle we hoped for, but that half certainly delivered.
Somewhat unfortunate for fans was that Tatum and Leonard only checked each other briefly during the game.