 I mentioned that fourth quarter let's take a look at that late fourth quarter execution some of those plays and Jason Tatum a part of play of these plays right here and man just take me through this I mean usually we don't see Jason Tatum attacking late in the fourth quarter when the game is on the line how differently did Jason Tatum look tonight. Yeah I'd love to see that because the Celtics are a three-point shooting team they only had about 28 points in the paint there was two of them there and seeing Tatum go to the free throw line down the stretch was great shot ten free throws in this game made nine of them that has to be an integral part of his game moving forward but I love how assertive he was not settling for contested jump shots not settling for three-point shots taking it in look that's not an assist to a Christass Porzingis but it's it's effectively that he drew the defense to him allowed Porzingis to get an open opportunity for a putback I thought Jason Tatum had a phenomenal finish to this game tonight. Eddie how does that change things for the Celtics when Jason Tatum is on the attack and not settling for those three's. Well in this particular game it was Malik Beasley guarding him so if he didn't take him to the basket and he started settling for jumpers then you know there should be a problem so what it tells me that the team is connected the coaching staff and the game plan and and the scouting report Jason Tatum is paying attention to that understands who's in front of him might be different if there was a Bobby Portas on him he might be deferring that basketball if it was somebody different J Crowder he might defer that but knowing that it's Malik Beasley what did he do I'm attacking Malik Malik Beasley I'm going right then I'm going to get into my left I'm gonna make him move I'm gonna make him defend and not just I'm just going straight at him I'm gonna make him defend get lateral you know I mean he's gonna have to with he's gonna slide his feet one way I'm gonna slide his feet the other way I'm gonna get to where I want to get I got size on him so that recognition right there to me that that's the level of maturity that we're seeing from Jason Tatum like it's the small things that I pay attention to in the basketball game I we could look at these numbers and everybody could try to break down these numbers but within the game that's the game that's within the game I see those things and I mean he did a fantastic job of taking advantage of all of those highlights was against me Malik Beasley just put a just put a button on the Jason Tatum game tonight there's this narrative that has become part of the discussion lately that the Celtics biggest weaknesses can Jason Tatum close games in the fourth quarter I've seen that a lot over the last couple of games I don't exactly know where it comes from I know there are statistics that back that up to a degree but did I fall asleep last year when Jason Tatum had that big fourth quarter against Philadelphia did I imagine the 50-point game in game 7 last year against the 76ers what about the year before that when he had 46 against Yanis and against Milwaukee and the three wins the Celtics had against Miami Jason Tatum scored 80 plus points in those games and in game 7 I'm convinced Jason would have had a monster game if he didn't get hurt on the very first play of it look as a writer I can tell you could always find statistics to back up a narrative I am not worried about Jason Tatum closing games eight points in the final two minutes and six seconds night of a close game against a contender that is the definition of being a closer can I say this to it you know your friend my friend Colin Calhurt right he has something to say about that everybody wants to see the star player make the shot at the end I don't think we have a team to where we need Jason Tatum to take that shot I think Jalen Brown can step up and make a shot and make plays I think Porzingis can step up I think Derek White can do it I think Peyton Prichard if he's on the court he can do it I mean Al Horford he can do it so to me like like that narrative that everybody is trying to portray and paint out there that oh Jason Tatum needs to be the guy no that's not it was cur the guy when he knocked down a shot Michael Jordan deferred to him was Paxton the guy no Michael Jordan deferred to him so at the end of the day it's about winning and making winning plays and that's what Jason Tatum does so the narrative that's being painted out there because he takes a shot or misses a shot I mean it's guys are gonna make her miss shots at the end of the game and so to me I feel like winning plays no matter what it is is the most important thing one of the reasons this team has been so successful this year is that Jason Tatum has taken a step back a little bit of a step back and allowed his teammates to be more offensively not going for 30 plus every single night we cannot be fixated on the super star needing to go one on three to prove himself that he's a superstar to prove himself that he's a fourth-quarter score Jason Tatum for the majority of this season has made the right plays every single time in the playoffs that's exactly what I'm doing he's got Malik Beasley on him you go at him if you got a double team coming at you you throw the ball to somebody else but you get like seven guys on that team that can shoot it and you want to put the ball in their hands for open looks