Jayson Tatum's Best Moments from the Eastern Conference Finals... So Far!

With him in the starting unit. Right, and if you collapse and sink to him, then their three-point shooters are open as Horford makes a great defensive play. First going on, Brown. Oh, here's a steal by Al Horford, but how about the lead pass to Tatum in the finish? Butler's now got six. His first quarters have been terrific most of these playoffs. A free from Tatum. Peyton Pritchard has checked in for the Celtics, and on the move, it's Tatum, who's got seven for Boston. He's going to have those shots and ability to drive the ball, opportunities to drive the ball all night, but he's back in the zone. Pulverizing his way inside was Tatum. That's not an all-defensive team type of defender. Everybody can go. Tatum inside. Turns it over three times in the last four trips. Tatum trying to find some space with 13. Takes it inside. They're going to score it. Look at this. Almost a triple team. Right through it. There's the contact and the potential and one for Tatum. Smart. Lob pass, Brown. Horford kicks it on top. It's Tatum. And going to the rim. Tatum to the rim again. Butler with 17. Works on Williams. Halfway through the third. Inside. I haven't seen it much since Ray Allen. You know, you obviously ran it a lot, but... Tatum hard to the rack. How about the move here? Doesn't even touch his right hand. Show hard like a lot of people do with the smaller players. Allowing Butler to create the double team. The first number eight seed in the conference finals since 99. Driving is Tatum. This is the aggressive Jason Tatum that was missed in the fourth quarter of game one. Just take it on two, three. Here is Tatum. The historic 51 points in game seven of a fill-in. It leads to this contested and very difficult. Here's Tatum. Three of ten shooting so far from Boston. Nice pass. Exact same thing there. First team all NBA players step back three. Tatum. Missed it all. Then two and two. Hit dead by Williams. Shot clock didn't reset. Tatum got the goal. Accelerates for two. Offensive rebounding setting good screens. He was sitting on his couch when Miami called in February. Three. Tatum. I mean, the degree of difficulty. I mean, this is good defense by Caleb Martin. Tatum into the guard. Vincent. Tatum with 12. And now for Tatum. Love over Horford. Tipped by Tatum. He'll take it and smash his way into the paint. Feeding to Tatum. Presented by Ally and again. Jason Tatum. Tatum to Brown. The sidestep. The trailing Tatum. Five. Fifteen of that 24th second of play. Quick decision. He'll shimmy his way inside for two. Jason Tatum. Anytime they could get Kevin Love, Max Shrews isolated. Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum. Dropped it. He stayed with Jimmy Butler in L.A. Spinning shot. Touches ground. It is on Tatum. Shot clock is seven. And this is against a premier defender in Jimmy Butler. A little crossover to his left step back. In a two point game in game two. Horford a screen. Tatum makes a move and finds Williams. And here it is. High pick and roll against the zone. But he's able to get by Vincent. Draw out of Biles' help. Great dish. One of two scoreless games in his long playoff history. Here is Tatum. A three. He's free to fire. Knocks it down. By Tatum. He's got five. Dwight. Tatum. By luck. Dwight's down the lane for two. He's just getting penetration at will. Into the paint and then making plays off of that. Plummeting into the paint with a drive home for Tatum. Oh, what a great follow through. All season tonight. That's what they're fighting out of right now. Smart. Inside to Tatum. Leading and fires. By Smart. Lead pass to Tatum. Chased by Struess. Horford galloping in. Here goes the drive. Brown. They swing it around. Grant Williams. Broadden. Tatum. Sidesteps. Struess hits the triple. And now we were just in that Boston huddle. Just trying to pull off and shoot the three. Their success has come off penetration. Tatum with a nice scoop. Into two defenders. He's got seven. That's some bad luck for Boston right there. Great defensive play. Three by Tatum. It's another one. Jason Tatum. Two in a row. This one off pick and roll. Just comes off and knocks it down. Sprinting is Brown. Cutting is Smart. Feeding is Smart. And it's Tatum again with a three. Bullseye! Tatum knocks it in. And then on the extra pass there from Horford. He's able to step into the three. Two in a row. With this little surge here to start this third quarter. Caleb Martin has checked in for the heat. Tatum dancing on top with Struis. The move. The floater on the fly. Got it. It's a drop. Four point Celtic lead. He's got ten. A double-double for him. Smart the other way. Coils. And gets it off to Tatum. Look at him drive. Geometrically that should not have happened. Look at the length here by Jason Tatum. This is a born score right here. And 22 for the game for Butler. Martin defending Tatum with a shove and a shot. Oh textbook. I was talking about creating space. Just look at that shoulder. Just drop it right into the chest. Rebound by Williams. Off to Tatum. They love the transition. Defense can't sit. That's the result. A two from Austin. Tatum with 22. Tatum here. Like a running back. The heat. Pick up full court. And drop back into that zone again. To get the switch and get that matchup. Grant Williams meets the challenge. Martin defending Tatum. They blitz him without a bio. And scored inside with the reverse. 6-0 Boston run since Tatum has come back in. Jason Tatum has answered every run here. It's Butler defended by Brown. Scoops it out. Blocked by Tatum. On the shot by Vincent. And he goes down. The left ankle. What a beautiful block by Tatum. Gosh. It's right here. That affects everything. Tatum. He'll put up a three. Got it. And he knew that Vincent was going to be able to contest that shot. Fire and passion there by the 34-year-old. Tatum makes a move. Bumped by Adebayo. Pretty shot on the play. Didn't get to hire his own staff. But still, 57 wins and he's in the Eastern Conference Finals. And Jason Tatum, Reggie, is putting this game away. Step up and play at home like they played tonight. It's a Tatum shot off that baseline. Which will trickle in. Replay center. Courtney Kirkland. And here we go. Off and running inside. Bam Adebayo washed by Smolt. Here comes Tatum. Here comes Jason Tatum. And three consecutive double-doubles for him. Hard to the rack. Felt he was pushed in the back. It's for that gesture afterwards. Lowry has to shoot that. Tatum and Struce across the lane. It's Smart for the triple. Great hook pass. Marcus Smart knocking it down. Bufford hit the crash in the glass. They're keeping the ball and the possession alive. And Tatum with a... Zeller has come in for Adebayo. Tatum works his way down the line. Screen and roll. Martin is a little... That's just great footwork down there by Tatum and Martin. Hard screen. Can't give them both away. And the way the Celtics are attacking the paint. Shot clock at six. Tatum with the ball. Struce will defend. Highly seconds. Here in the third. Tatum. Boston has lost five of the last seven playoff games at home. They've controlled since the beginning. Tatum. Butler, the last three games has only averaged 20 points. And shot 43% from the floor. So that's a good sign. Tatum takes it in and scoops it home. That's the switch I've been talking about. TNT 5G above the rim. Yeah, entering tonight. Tatum has... Off the bench quickly and heard from. And Tatum the other way. A long shot and good. He got off to a slow start. How about the little step back move over Martin. Celtics. Butler is on Tatum. Tatum. Points and he's three of six. That's just a skilled offensive player right there. And he can keep Jimmy Butler from getting shots over the top. White. And Tatum with the fade away. Every once in a year is going in right now. At the top we said, my alpha versus your alpha. Jason Tatum right now putting on a show. Well, Tatum is doing it at both ends. There's again at that length. Out will go to Smart. Hooks it out. Tatum splits the defense. Hooks it out. On the assist. That pass did get deflected. Butler, Tatum right there. And stolen again. A turnover for Miami. That by three. Out to Tatum. Goes by Adebayo. And takes it home. Jimmy Butler is going to play like this. But he can't win this game. Here comes Tatum. And a floater. Got it to go. Tatum has been spectacular. Because of his ability to shoot the basketball. Inside. Tatum. That far off of Duncan Robinson. And then just a great back cut.