Jayson Tatum’s Honest Statement After Celtics vs. Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets defeated the Boston Celtics 115-109

The Denver Nuggets defeated the Boston Celtics on Thursday night, improving to 2-0 over the best team in basketball this season. While Boston has essentially locked up the first seed in the Eastern Conference, they are winless against the defending champions this season. For Denver, this game was more about putting another tally in the win column than anything else, but this is a matchup that many feel is an NBA Finals preview. 

Nikola Jokic outplayed Jayson Tatum in this game, and while Tatum’s MVP case was not nearly as strong as Jokic’s entering this game, he certainly did not strengthen his case with this showing. Finishing with just 15 points on 5/13 shooting, Tatum struggled in this one, but told to reporters after the game that he wasn’t caught up in the individual battle with Jokic.

“I’m not trying to make it about myself or necessarily and individual matchup,” Tatum said. “That’s not the way our team is set up… We talk about respecting each other’s space and understanding the flow of the game. It’s not upon me to hijack the game and try make it about me and it’s a national TV game. Other guys had it going, so if I have to be in the corner, if I have to be a facilitator at times, so be it.”

Jayson Tatum on his game vs #Nuggets in potential MVP showdown vs Jokic on National TV:

"It's not upon me to like hijack the game and try to make it about me ... other guys had it going. If I had to be in a corner, be a facilitator at times so be it."

📺FULL #Celtics Postgame… pic.twitter.com/4uB0FFbkkq

— Celtics on CLNS (@CelticsCLNS) March 8, 2024

Tatum did have 8 assists, but his poor shooting was too much for Boston to overcome, as they fell to the defending champions 115-109.

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