This season's regular season, the Boston Celtics are 57-25 and second in the league. But
He shot 41.0 percent from three-point range and threw 17.6 on three-point range when he lost, dropping to 32.1 percent and 13.6 when he lost.
At the same time, they ranked second in the league in three-point shooting (42.6) and field goals (16.0) in the regular season.
The two-point shots (46.2) and field goals (26.2) within the three-point line are the second-to-last in the league.
They are the league's most reliant team for three-point winning, and the three-point line is their lifeline.
Specific to this year's East final, the first three games they lost, the performance on the three-point line was 10-of-29 (34.5%), 10-of-35 (29.5%), and 11-of-42 (26.2%).
None of them reached their regular season average.
The last two wins were 18 of 45 (40%) and 16 of 39 (41.0%).
As soon as the three-point line opens, good luck naturally comes, which is the truest portrayal of the Celtics' game this season.
Since the Celtics identified the double scout as the core of the team in the 2019-20 season, coach Stevens has deliberately downplayed the role of the core ball carrier in the building offensive system.
Except for Kamba Walker, who played a good ball for a year, the rest of the time is all about multi-point puncture and multi-person activation. In the Green Army's five-way lineup, even a No. 5 like Horford has the ability to dominate the ball.
After getting Brogdon this season, they can even discharge the "ultimate five outside line" of double scouts + White + Smart + Brogdon, five ball-carrying attackers playing at the same time.
The advantage is that once the hand is hot, everyone can blast the opponent, and it is impossible to prevent it. The downside is that the team's outside line, even the double scout, lacks stable ball-holding destruction, and when the outside feels inaccurate and needs to gouge the opponent's defense inside, the efficiency slips too much.
So this year's Tatum took over too many of these "bayonet" throwing balls, giving people the feeling of being smooth, but "pulling up" is also too eye-catching.
In today's game, the Celtics ended the suspense in the first quarter.
35-20 in the first quarter, 7-of-12 from three-point range, Tatum, Jaylen, White, Smart all scored three points, and immediately raised confidence.
The Heat's defensive end faced the Celtics' accurate three-pointer, and did not dare to fight back in the brainless contraction, but was forced to save and block. It also gave them room to kill inside.
The Celtics shot 5-of-7 from the basket in the first quarter, and the same was how to play.
In the second quarter, even if Duncan Robinson on the Heat's side hit 10 points in a single quarter and once chased 38-49, once the Celtics opened the three-point account, the three-point shot was like a tidal wave.
Encouraged by the huge lead, Tatum and Jaylen played more and more easily, and when Tatum made free throws early in the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 96-72, there was no suspense in the game.
Although the Heat still lead 3-2 at the moment, the Celtics have now made them feel threatened.
If you can't win the next game in Miami, then you really go from a 3-0 lead to having to play "grab seven" away, such a huge psychological gap, even if it is tough as Butler, I am afraid it will not be undisturbed. If he loses again, Butler probably won't smile so pleasantly.
Trailing 3-0, both Jaylen Brown and Smart said, "You better not let us win." The allusion is taken from the slogan of the Boston Red Sox when they fell 3-0 to the New York Yankees in 2004, and they eventually created a miraculous reversal against the wind, winning four consecutive games to reach the World Series and win the championship.
After today's game, Jaylen once again made a similar statement
"They've already let us win two games, it's better not to have a third."
So, for the first time in NBA history, will it happen?