From Outside the Play-In Tournament to the NBA Finals, Celtics Discuss Their Season Turnaround

Wednesday, with the Celtics on the eve of their NBA Finals showdown with the Warriors, Jayson Tatum described their early-season struggles as “very frustrating” and “head-scratching.” But rather than splintering, “it was more so, how do we figure this out.”

When asked whether there was anyone he leaned on as the make you pull your hair out types of losses kept piling up, Tatum responded: “It’s a group; this is a team sport. We lean on each other in those moments. As hard as it is in those moments, you’ve just got to come closer together.”

And while the calls to separate Tatum and Jaylen Brown amplified, on Wednesday, Brown expressed: “I will always have faith in this group, in this organization, and in myself, that we’ll be alright. In those moments where we lost, I knew that we had so much to learn. I knew I had so much to learn.”

Further Reading

As the Calls to Separate Them Grew Louder, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown Grew Closer: ‘two young, extremely competitive guys that just really want to win at all costs’