The Boston Celtics were caught off guard by the Atlanta Hawks’ physical defense and perimeter-oriented offense in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Playoffs series, and know they need to dial up their own physicality and intensity in response.
Speaking with the media in advance of Game 4 (via CLNS Media), Boston’s Jayson Tatum related that the Celtics need to have a “constant conversation about making adjustments” given what they saw on Friday could change again. The Celtics need to keep “doing what we’re doing already, just doing it better.”
“We had a few games where we did rebound well and take care of the ball, and then the last game (vs. Atlanta in Game 3), we didn’t so much.”
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“In order for us to win, those areas we have to be really good in,” added Tatum.
Regarding the urgency among the Celtics after the Hawks won a game in the series to pull it to 2-1 in the series so far, the Duke alumnus shared that “we’ve got to give (Atlanta) credit, they played well last game; they made shots, they made big-time plays. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy”
“Essentially, (we had to) move on from last game, and we’ve got a good opportunity tonight to get back on track.”
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