Tatum outplayed Giannis in 4/7 games

It's much easier to 'outplay' someone when you have the better team behind you, which Tatum clearly did especially with Middleton out. What do you think is the result of Tatum on the Bucks, and Giannis on the Celtics? You really think Tatum is coming out on top? As it was he needed 7 games to beat an under-manned Bucks squad.

And 'outplay' in this context is weird anyway. They're not positionally playing against each other. It's not like Hakeem murking Admiral in 95, THAT's a case where one player went directly head to head with someone over a series and outplayed their primary defender.

He outplayed KD, not Giannis. Al was the best Celtics of this series by game 5, then Tatum started taking over.

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855;14601773]Jaylen Brown came out of the series with this to say….






For whatever that’s worth[/QUOTE]

that is how the league looks at him. Durant stated once : " he will always get his"

giannis put up raw stats but wasn't efficient. kind of similar to lebron's 2015 finals. lebron had a bad back and couldn't shoot a jumper all season though. giannis has no excuse. he also choked in gm 7 with his team down 3 at the half he scores 8 points on 4-16 shooting in the 2nd half, including 2 points on 1-7 fgs in the 4th qtr.

[QUOTE=Johnny32;14602217]giannis put up raw stats but wasn't efficient. kind of similar to lebron's 2015 finals. lebron had a bad back and couldn't shoot a jumper all season though. giannis has no excuse. he also choked in gm 7 with his team down 3 at the half he scores 8 points on 4-16 shooting in the 2nd half, including 2 points on 1-7 fgs in the 4th qtr.[/QUOTE]

He really shot 4-16 in the second half?

[QUOTE=Phoenix;14602101]It's much easier to 'outplay' someone when you have the better team behind you, which Tatum clearly did especially with Middleton out. What do you think is the result of Tatum on the Bucks, and Giannis on the Celtics? You really think Tatum is coming out on top? As it was he needed 7 games to beat an under-manned Bucks squad.

And 'outplay' in this context is weird anyway. They're not positionally playing against each other. It's not like Hakeem murking Admiral in 95, THAT's a case where one player went directly head to head with someone over a series and outplayed their primary defender.[/QUOTE]
It’s not even a knock on Tatum, but swap him and Giannis and idk if the Bucks even win a game.

[QUOTE=hold this L;14602384]He really shot 4-16 in the second half?[/QUOTE]
He shot 4-17 after starting 6-9. His TS% for the series was 51.6% which is abysmal, especially for a guy who normally has a 63.3 TS%. Giannis isn’t held to LeBron standards though so everyone will say he was perfect.

Most analysts understand that Antetokuonmpo did all that he possibly could. Anyone criticizing the series he had should look at what the Celtic defense managed to do to KD. He needed Middleton really. Anyone that doesn't get how Giannis could have played well in slow of his shooting stats is going to be shocked at what the Celtic defense does to the Heat. The team record makes it harder to believe but this Celtic defense is one of the nastiest I've ever seen especially if Robert Williams stays on the floor.

[QUOTE=RRR3;14602396]He shot 4-17 after starting 6-9. His TS% for the series was 51.6% which is abysmal, especially for a guy who normally has a 63.3 TS%. Giannis isn’t held to LeBron standards though so everyone will say he was perfect.[/QUOTE]

Bingo. People only look at numbers but the efficiency is trash

[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green;14602397]Most analysts understand that Antetokuonmpo did all that he possibly could. Anyone criticizing the series he had should look at what the Celtic defense managed to do to KD. He needed Middleton really. Anyone that doesn't get how Giannis could have played well in slow of his shooting stats is going to be shocked at what the Celtic defense does to the Heat. The team record makes it harder to believe but this Celtic defense is one of the nastiest I've ever seen especially if Robert Williams stays on the floor.[/QUOTE]
Doing all you can is shooting better than 51%, especially when most of your shots are in the paint. As an example, Curry had to deal with box & 1 in 2019 when he lost next to literal G league teammates vs the best defensive team in the playoffs and had a 59% TS. Saying that, Boston's defense is seriously incredible. [U]Might[/U] be early but looks to be one of the best I've ever seen if they keep this up for two more series.

[QUOTE=hold this L;14602451]Doing all you can is shooting better than 51%, especially when most of your shots are in the paint. As an example, Curry had to deal with box & 1 in 2019 when he lost next to literal G league teammates vs the best defensive team in the playoffs and had a 59% TS. Saying that, Boston's defense is seriously incredible. [U]Might[/U] be early but looks to be one of the best I've ever seen if they keep this up for two more series.[/QUOTE]

High effort doesn't mean great shooting percentages. Celtics have two of the best players to defend him with and have the whole defense focused on him. What he needed was for his teammates to hit shots and do more in general. But you don't rebound the way he does if you aren't giving it your all.

giannis is easily the best in the world. he's too big and athletic for the league.

[QUOTE=Real Men Wear Green;14602466]High effort doesn't mean great shooting percentages. Celtics have two of the best players to defend him with and have the whole defense focused on him. What he needed was for his teammates to hit shots and do more in general. But you don't rebound the way he does if you aren't giving it your all.[/QUOTE]
Ok, then he did all he tried to do unsuccessfully. He had a horrid shooting series. We're going to find out a lot about what the Celtics are going to do to stars defensively in the next 4 weeks. I don't understand how people can make excuses for a garbage tier shooting series as he did all he can. No, he got his ass locked up offensively. That shouldn't happen at the level to a superstar.

[QUOTE=hold this L;14602554]Ok, then he did all he tried to do unsuccessfully. He had a horrid shooting series. We're going to find out a lot about what the Celtics are going to do to stars defensively in the next 4 weeks. I don't understand how people can make excuses for a garbage tier shooting series as he did all he can. No, he got his ass locked up offensively. That shouldn't happen at the level to a superstar.[/QUOTE]
you must never heard of the juggernaut iverson. that shit happens, it would happen to curry if he wasnt scared to take more contested midrange shots

[QUOTE=RRR3;14602396]He shot 4-17 after starting 6-9. His TS% for the series was 51.6% which is abysmal, especially for a guy who normally has a 63.3 TS%. Giannis isn’t held to LeBron standards though so everyone will say he was perfect.[/QUOTE]

Lebron shot below 40%FG/48%TS in the 2015 Finals and they were ready to give him FMVP because of his raw averages in a losing effort in 6 games. Delusional stan lmao.