On May 8, Beijing time, Philadelphia defeated Green Kai 116-115 to tie the score to 2-2, and the two teams will play the battle of Tianwang Mountain in Boston. Philadelphia led by 9 points in the first half of this game, and Harden led the team to open the gap to 16 points in the third quarter, but Tatum awakened consecutive points to narrow down to 9 points, and the last quarter Green Kai once rebounded by 5 points and was dragged into overtime, after overtime Tatum elbowed a three-point comeback, Harden was a three-point quasi-kill, Tatum lost the pot in 1.6 seconds, and Smart was timed out for a three-point shootout.
Tatum shot 0 of 5 + 0 of 2 from three-point range in the first quarter, did not score on 0 of the first 7 and sent 1 turnover+2 fouls.
Throughout the first half, Tatum played 20 minutes, 1-of-9, 0-of-3 from three-point range, scored 2 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, and scored minus 6 points.
Hater Centeal wrote: Tatum has started his Finals mode early. (mocking his blacksmith performance in last season's finals)
The Lakers posted a picture that satirized Tatum as a dummy.
Green Kay fans also said bluntly: Let's not pretend that Jason Tatum is more forceful than Jaylen Brown?
American media Complex Sports released a video that read: Tatum (crazy iron) of this game.
After Tatum was sprayed wildly in the first half, the third quarter suddenly exploded - Philadelphia briefly stretched to 16 points, Tatum shot 5-of-5 and 3-of-3 from the free throw line with 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists to close the gap to 9 points again. He shot 6 of 14 in the third quarter, scored 15 points and 12 rebounds, and shot more than 40% from the field.
In the final quarter, Tatum's consecutive frontcourt rebounds helped Green Kai play 10-0 to complete the comeback, but unfortunately Tatum was 1 of 3 + 2 of 4 free throws in the final quarter, and if he made all free throws, there would be no overtime, and his performance was completely suppressed by Harden.
In overtime, Tatum completed a bright elbow three-pointer, which made the fans boo the referee, because Embiid played Smart 2+1 in the previous round The referee blocked, Smart did not stand firmly and the emperor was already sideways, Tatum's ball was obviously bright elbow The referee did not blow. The goal narrowly cost Philadelphia, but thanks to Harden's three-point shot, Tatum missed Smart on the last shot.
The last attack was given to Tatum, but there was no room for Tatum after the breakout, he only passed to Smart 1.6 seconds before the end, Smart had timed out when he shot, Tatum played 47 minutes and 14 seconds, 20 of 9 + 6 of 6 three-point range 1 for 24 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 4 blocks, shooting 45%, still have to back the pot.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream