Chicago (USA), May 14 (EFE).- Jayson Tatum, who led the Boston Celtics to the NBA East finals this Sunday with 51 points in the seventh game against the Philadelphia 76ers, assured that after his suffering in the previous duel he thought that everything “could only get better.”
“After the last game, in which I finished well, but I didn’t start well, I was happy to have another opportunity to react. I was happy about this, because everything could end in Game 6,” Tatum said at the press conference after the TD Garden game, won 112-88 by the Celtics.
“I played in the worst way for 40 minutes in the sixth game and I thought that everything could only get better. It was a great feeling to win that match,” he added.
Tatum signed the best performance ever in a seventh game of the ‘playoffs’ and, with 51 points, destroyed the Philadelphia 76ers (112-88) and completed the comeback of the Boston Celtics to quote them with the Miami Heat in the finals of the Eastern Conference of the NBA.
He expressed his respect and admiration for Joel Embiid, leader of the 76ers and MVP of the season.
“I played against him three times in the ‘playoffs’, I had many battles. I’m very happy for him, seeing him win the MVP, his reaction. We trained together in the preseason, I know the work that he has put into it, ”he said.
And he was prepared for the appointment with the Miami Heat in the reissue of the Eastern finals last year.
“It is a team that we know, we have been measuring ourselves with them several times. They are well trained, they compete and they find ways to win. It will be fun. It is the best time of the year, as an athlete I love this opportunity, ”he said.
