Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics did not win this one in the fourth quarter. Head coach Joe Mazzulla said the game turned in the middle of the second, and he pointed to Jayson Tatum. “I thought his energy just lifted everybody,” Mazzulla said after Boston erased a 22-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 98-93.
Mazzulla on Tatum’s Energy
Joe Mazzulla, Boston Celtics
Mazzulla credited Tatum’s spark for changing the mood. He said the comeback was about what happened when the Celtics were still far behind.
“We didn’t win the game in the fourth quarter. We won the
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