Cole is really accurate in judging people! Less than 40% of the Celtics core sights are out of the way. Can he rebound away?

Although Tatum has become the star of this Celtics, his impression is always that he is almost the same as a huge player. Even though the Celtics won another championship in the team history last season, Tatum's shooting efficiency in the finals was not ideal, averaging 22.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 7.2 assists per game, but his shooting percentage is only 39%. This season, when the Celtics were already 0-2 behind the Knicks in the Eastern Conference semi-finals, Tatum once again fell out, leaving the team in a passive position.

In fact, Tatum's offensive efficiency was relatively average in the first round against the Magic, with only one game exceeding 50% of the shooting percentage (G5). Considering that the Celtics beat the Magic by 120-89 in that game, there is also a certain amount of moisture in Tatum's data in this game. In the semi-finals, the Knicks, the Iron Army with high defensive efficiency, ranked third in the league, Tatum was even worse than the previous round. After G1's game, he scored only 23 points. In G2's game, Tatum made a crazier iron, with 5 of 19 shots and scored 13 points. It is worth mentioning that the Celtics were reversed by the Knicks in these two games, and in the critical final quarter, Tatum scored only 4 points in 19 shots (together with overtime in the last quarter), and only 4 points in 15 shots in one game.

At the Paris Olympics last year, many people questioned why Cole was not important to Tatum. Now it seems that Cole really understands the ball very well and has the foresight that Tatum cannot fight tough battles. So far this season's playoffs, although Tatum averaged 26.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.8 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game, his shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage were as low as 39.4% and 32.1% respectively. Because it is the absolute core of this Celtics, Tatum ranked first in the team in this playoffs (21.2 times), 3.5 more than Jaylen Brown, who was second. Such crazy shots received less than 40% of the shooting percentage. In the final quarter, Tatum was invisible continuously. If the Celtics were really blocked by the Knicks from the Eastern Conference Finals, Tatum would undoubtedly take the blame.

Looking at Tatum's entire NBA career, although his three-point shooting percentage in the regular season can reach a pretty good 37%, his three-point shooting percentage has dropped to 34.4% on a high-intensity stage like the playoffs. Since the 22-23 season, his three-point shooting percentage has never exceeded 33% in his three-year playoff journey. This Celtics attaches great importance to the shooting of three-pointers. As the core bone of the team, Tatum makes a crazy blacksmith on the outside and cannot lead. It is no wonder that the Celtics made a total of 75 iron shots in these two games, setting a record for the worst in history.

Although he is now behind 0-2, for the Celtics, who are better at playing away this season, going to New York in the next two games may help them rebound. After all, this season, the Celtics' home record is only 28 wins and 13 losses, while the away record is 33 wins and 8 losses. Tatum, who is also better at playing away (he averaged only 25.9 points at home and 27.7 points away). If these two games cannot be supported, the Celtics may only be unable to bring the series back to Boston.