Today's NBA Finals G5, the Celtics beat the Mavericks 106-88, the series won the championship with a score of 4-1, there is basically no suspense in the process, the first quarter of the Green Army led by 10 points, the second quarter of the difference came to 20+, the third quarter of the Mavericks had the upper hand, but the difference was still more than 20 points, the last quarter of the Mavericks were unable to fight back, and finally the Green Army won. In terms of statistics, Tatum shot 11-of-24 from the field, 1-of-7 from three-point range, and 8-of-8 from the free-throw line to finish with 31 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers.
Tatum is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the Green Army's victory, he didn't feel good at the beginning of the first quarter, shooting three-pointers and three-pointers, and the breakthrough was blocked by Washington, but he assisted Holiday to score on consecutive layups, and it wasn't until the end of the quarter that Tatum hit his first shot, and then he steals Washington and counterattacks to make a layup. In the second quarter, Tatum first assisted Hauser to hit a three-point shot, and then assisted Brown to shoot a three-point shot in the bottom corner again, playing very selflessly, leading the Green Army to gradually widen the difference, and before it was over, Tatum also began to find his touch on the offensive end, turned to make a layup, broke through to make kills, single-handedly created fouls, scored three-point shots, and continued to score personally. According to statistics, Tatum's statistics in the first half were 16 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.
In the third quarter, Tatum dunked with both hands at the beginning, then assisted Horford to shoot three points, assisted Holiday to make a jumper, Tatum organized the whole team, and he didn't fight or grab at all, seeing that the Mavericks narrowed the point difference, Tatum made a foul to stop the bleeding for the Green Army in time.
In the final quarter of the game, the Mavericks played very tenacious, chasing within 20 points, at this time you have to look at Tatum, he assisted White to hit three points to stabilize the situation, and soon after, Tatum attacked by himself, and scored 2 + 1 inside, Tatum continued to exert his strength, and then hit the jump shot again, and the single Doncic threw in, and then made a foul in the basket, and hit both free throws.
That's what Tatum is great at, he's so selfless right now, he's going to take the initiative to pass the ball when he's not feeling good, creating scoring opportunities for his teammates, and his 11 assists are a game-high 11, and Jaylen Brown, White and Hauser have all benefited from him many times. And if the Mavericks show signs of strength, Tatum will also stand up and score, especially in the middle of the final quarter, Tatum once scored 9 points in a row, beating the Mavericks to a temperless. It's a pity that FMVP was given to Jaylen Brown in the end, but as far as G5 is concerned, Tatum is indeed a great credit for the Green Army's victory, of course, Tatum doesn't care who FMVP is given to now, he just wants to win the championship. Notably, Tatum also broke Bryant's scoring record.
What is the record? According to NBA big data statistics, Tatum's total playoff score came to 2711 points after this campaign, surpassing Kobe Bryant (2694 points), becoming the player with the most total points in the playoffs before the age of 27 in NBA history, in other words, Tatum topped the first in history, this record fully proves that Tatum has a good scoring ability, although the outside world always thought that he was easy to drop the chain in the playoffs, but fortunately, Tatum was in the Green Army, so he has never missed the playoffs in his career, due to the number of appearances, This allowed him to break Kobe's scoring record.
There are also some records, first of all, Tatum became the first player in the history of the Green Army to score at least 30 points and 10 assists in the Finals. Second, Tatum became the first player in the history of the Green Army to have at least 20 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds in the Finals after Larry Bird in '86. Third, Tatum is the team's first player in points, rebounds and assists in this year's playoffs and has successfully won the championship, and the sixth player in NBA history to do so, the previous five were Jokic in '23, James in 12/13/16, Duncan in '03, Olajuwon in '94, and Bird in '84/86.
Tatum was also interviewed after the game, talking about the FMVP given to Brown, he said: "FMVP is very important, but not the main thing, as a competitor, you will want to compete to win everything in front of you, I will not have any sadness if I don't get the FMVP, I will be very excited to win the finals," it can be seen that Tatum is indeed mature, he is not FMVP to anyone, congratulations again to him on his dream.