The Boston Celtics had a rough go there for a moment. There was door open to the Philadelphia 76ers in which they could have passed through and been hosting the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. But that door was not operated by any member of the “Brotherly Love” squad. It was completely in the hands of Jayson Tatum.
Any time Tatum has underperformed in these playoffs, the Celtics suffer. Although he ranked fourth in the MVP discussion, there will be many who will roll it back later and say he should have been in the voting along with Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic.