Rather of nipping at playoff-absent LeBron James’ heels for the title of Finest Player in the NBA, Kevin Durant may well turn all-around to uncover Jayson Tatum creeping up driving him.
At the very least that is how Hall of Famer Paul Pierce sees the lopsided playoff series among two of his former groups.
“I think Jason [sic] Tatum it's possible surpassing Kevin Durant proper right before our eyes in the NBA hierarchy,” Pierce wrote Saturday on Twitter.
Tatum is averaging 29.7 details, eight helps and 5 rebounds per video game in the first round for the Celtics, who maintain a commanding 3- sequence lead just after successful 109-103 in Brooklyn on Saturday night. Durant is averaging 22 points, 5.3 assists and 5.3 rebounds.
The most significant variance is that Tatum is connecting on 42.9 per cent of his pictures as he looks to have the reply for every Nets run, when Durant has struggled to discover house and is capturing 36.5 p.c as he forces up rough pictures. Tatum conquer the buzzer with the successful layup in Activity 1, and sealed the Video game 3 victory by thieving a move from Durant and throwing down a dunk with 6 seconds remaining.
Pierce worked as an NBA analyst for ESPN right up until very last August, when he was fired for publishing a racy video clip on social media. He was MVP of the 2008 NBA Finals as portion of his 15-calendar year job with the Celtics and expended just one disappointing season with the Nets in 2013-14.
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