Jalen Smith might need to reconsider who he attempts to block at the rim after Saturday’s Bulls-Celtics matchup.
Less than a month removed from being the victim of a vicious poster dunk by Jaylen Brown in the NBA Cup, Smith found himself at the rim against Boston’s other superstar on Saturday.
Jayson Tatum added a monstrous dunk of his own to the growing collection he and Brown are creating against the Bulls, at the direct expense of Smith. Tatum’s dunk served as an emphatic end to a dominant third quarter for Tatum, who scored 18 points on 4 of 5 shooting from beyond the arc and added five rebounds in that frame alone.