Jayson Tatum is ice-cold from three-point vary. Fortunately Derrick White is choosing up the slack for him.
White continued his scorching capturing from deep, hitting his seventh three-pointer of the sport late within the third quarter. He is now gone 28-for-55 from behind the arc within the playoffs, making over half of his photographs at a stunningly-high clip.
By way of three quarters in Recreation 1, he had 25 factors and Boston had an 89-77 lead.
The Celtics want White’s red-hot capturing as a result of Jayson Tatum’s exterior shot had deserted him. He was 0-for-5 from deep and 5-for-17 general.
It is a part of a tough pattern for Boston’s famous person, who’s capturing 9-for-36 (25%) from three-point vary within the playoffs.
However what makes the Celtics so harmful is that their guards are greater than able to choosing up a slumping Tatum. Jaylen Brown had 24 factors via three quarters. All three of Boston’s beginning guards — White, Brown and Jrue Vacation — shot 23-for-40, greater than overlaying for Tatum.
Cleveland could have gone into the sequence keying on Boston’s All-Stars. However they are going to have to regulate to cowl White, or he will shoot them out of the playoffs.