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Invisibility + cover in the last quarter! A fire broke out in the Celtics, Tatum avoids interview

1:06am, 14 May 2025【Basketball】

The Celtics were reversed again, and were defeated by the Knicks while leading 20+ games in two consecutive games. Jason Tatum stared at the "5-for-19" on the technical statistics list and fell into deep thought - just as he was thinking about how to face reporters' questions about "critical battle invisibility", the sudden fire alarm in the arena helped him clear the siege.

According to the team's report, Tatum "lucky" to escape the post-match press conference due to emergency evacuation, but the fans knew in their hearts that compared to the fire, the real crisis of the Celtics falling behind the Knicks 0-2 was their leader once again "feeling fire" in the key battle.

Tatum's G2 performance was very average. He made 3 of 10 shots in the first half and relied on rebounds to support the game (8 rebounds). He scored 0 sports games in 5 minutes in the final quarter. The only 4 points came from the free throw line. Bridges directly "eated the ball with the ball" in the last attack. The shooting percentage of key balls in the playoffs plummeted to 38.7%.

This is not the first time he has failed. Although he scored 23 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists in the last game, he made only 7 of 23 shots, with a shooting percentage of 30.4%, 4 of 15 three-pointers and a shooting percentage of 26.7%. In the two games,

, a total of 12 of 42 shots were made, with a shooting percentage of 28.5%, and 5 of 20 three-pointers were made, with a shooting percentage of 25%. What's even worse is the performance in the final quarter. The total 5-for-22 shots in the two games, with a shooting percentage of 22.7%, which is really iron-out.

And when facing Bridges' defense, Tatum's performance was not very good. He made 9 of 32 shots in the two games, and was made into a spoof emoji package of "Bridge Eat Tatum". The fire alarm in the garden is perhaps a metaphor for the Celtics this season: the crisis has long existed, but has been obscured by gorgeous data.

Tatum's 5 of 19 shots was not an accident, but an inevitable exposure of the lack of ability to attack the "Double Tanhua System". If he continues to be addicted to the role of "Boss Star", the next time he saves him, it may not be the fire alarm, but the offseason that arrives early.

In fact, except for Tatum, other players from the team in the past two games were not online. Now they are behind 0-2, and the Celtics have been forced into a desperate situation.