“It wasn’t that hard” to hit Boston Celtics second-year big man Robert Williams III with a behind-the-back pass according to Jayson Tatum as the Celtics star forward saved the ball from going out of bounds in Boston’s 96 – 95 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers Saturday night.
And while we find that a little hard to believe even if Time Lord was barreling down the middle of an open court, however the Duke product really feels about the level of difficulty of the circus-like pass, it certainly was one of the more impressive sequences we have seen from the Celtics — or any team — to date this season.
Good God. Vote @jaytatum0 to the #NBAAllStar Game. pic.twitter.com/rUPuuinilQ
— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) January 31, 2021
It was one bright spot in a game with more stink than dunks, and more than its fair share of missed shots. It even had not one but two own-goal buckets as Williams and teammate Daniel Theis tipped in shots to the wrong basket by mistakes.
But let’s not dwell on the little things with Marcus Smart out injured with an apparent calf strain; fingers crossed it’s nothing serious.
Watch the video embedded in the tweet above in the meantime, and we’ll relay word of the team’s unofficial captain as soon as we catch wind of his results tomorrow.
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