Jayson Tatum, a player for the Boston Celtics, celebrated Halloween by surprising kids at Boston Children’s Hospital who were admitted in costume. Some of the outfits were so terrifying that they even the Celtics’ star.
The pediatric research program at Boston Children’s Hospital is the largest of its kind in any hospital anywhere in the world. They treat newborns, children, adolescents, and young adults (up to the age of 21) with a wide range of pediatric specialties and subspecialties.
Jayson Tatum pinpoints areas Celtics can clean up in crunch-time
In the fourth quarter, when it seemed like the Timberwolves were going to start pulling away from the Celtics, Jayson Tatum began to take control of the game. On Monday night at Target Center, he helped bring the game to a close with 10 points in the fourth quarter.
However, the Celtics’ late-game momentum stalled during key possessions. They were able to get enough stops in regulation to send the game to overtime, but costly miscues and poor shooting cost them the victory. The Wolves then scored nine unanswered points in overtime to win. The Celtics made it interesting in the fourth quarter, but ultimately fell short against the Wolves by a score of 114-109.Tatum was quоted by NBC Spоrts Bоstоn as saying, “We knоw that gоing intо a lоt оf games that — especially gоing оn the rоad — guys are gоing tо get up tо play against us.” We cоmpeted fiercely. Cоmpetitiоn was fierce between us. Therefоre, there is a great deal оf оffensive strategy frоm which we can benefit. If we knew in advance where particular guys wоuld be, we cоuld imprоve оur ability tо cоmmunicate. Just a few nitpicks that I think we can irоn оut in the clоsing minutes.There wаsn’t tоо much feаr cоming оff the Celtics’ first lоss оf the seаsоn аs they fell tо 5-1. In their first twо must-win gаmes, аgаinst the Knicks аnd the Heаt, the C’s cаme thrоugh with flying cоlоrs. Hоwever, they were still missing а few items оn Mоndаy.
Tatum did note, however, that the Celtics battled through the loss of Derrick White for the second consecutive game. The Celtics’ rhythm was disrupted because Kristaps Porzingis was plagued by foul trouble for the majority of the contest. Because of his reduced involvement in the last minutes, Porzingis was unable to make a significant influence on the game.
The Wolves also deserve some of the glory. In the first five contests, when the Celtics’ offense was clicking, they gained advantages virtually at will. But the Wolves brought their best defensive unit into Monday’s game, and the Celtics had a tough time of it. Even though the performance wasn’t great, we shouldn’t throw in the towel after one night.
On Wednesday, in Philadelphia, against a division rival, the Celtics will try to get back on track against the 76ers. Both the Sixers and the Wolves come into the game with matching 5-1 records and will be looking to make a statement.
The team “just had too many turnovers,” Tatum said. I committed far too many turnovers; I must improve. My own personal improvement is essential if we are to succeed. Get rid of them before the end of the game.