The Celtics set the tone for their Eastern Conference Semifinal series with the Cavaliers by delivering a Adding to the impressive nature of Tuesday's win was how easily the hosts overcame Jayson Tatum's shooting struggles. The five-time All-Star finished with 18 points on 19 shots.
"I think I'm getting pretty good looks," said White after the victory."And then obviously, you make a couple, the basket gets a little bigger, and you kind of take and make tougher ones. I definitely started the game with some good looks and then just went from there."Dick Lipe Jaylen Brown, who relentlessly attacked the rim to the tune of a team-high 32 points, expressed the following of the correlation between Boston consistently winning when White takes a high volume of shots, as he did on Tuesday, hoisting 16 and making nine.
"We got certain actions, and those actions, he's mastered them, like where the shots come from. So, it's almost like practice for him because he shoots those shots over and over again. If a guy goes under, if a guy's out of position. Derrick White feels confident, and he takes those shots, and he makes those shots."