That’s all for tonight. Thanks for following along with us and be sure to check out the full report of tonight’s Game 1 here.
“I say it all the time: it’s a game of runs,” says Tatum, who finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds. “This is the NBA finals. They’re not going to go away easy. We just had to respond.”
Asked what the Celtics were able to do to contain Dončić, who scored a game-high 30 points but logged just one assist, Tatum says: “Obviously someone like that is going to score and get us points. Our job is to try to limit the other guys as much as we possibly can.”
What he was most proud about personally?
“That we won,” he says. “I had way too many turnovers. I got to be a lot better, but, you know, we took care of the job tonight. [We’ll] get some rest, watch film, and see what you do better for Game 2.”
