The Boston Celtics Hit the Snooze Button. Again.
May 10, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Getty Images/Ringer illustration Another listless Game 2 performance raises some uncomfortable questions for the Celtics. Is Jayson Tatum going to put his stamp on the NBA playoffs? Can the team sleepwalk to the Finals? Jayson Tatum speaks softly, in a languid manner that registers as unplaceably familiar—like the muffled sound of a television news broadcast playing in the background of a mundane dream. There is a remarkably unremarkable consistency to his tone that almost takes you out of time. It could be Game 4 of the NBA Finals, it could be a regular-season game in the doldrums of March. In defeat, the message is always the same. We'll watch the film. We'll learn from this. We'll be better next time. On Thursday night, after the Boston Celtics handed fans and detractors alike a 118-94 letdown in Game 2 of their second-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Tatum conjured déjà vu once more. He held the same stoic expression for most of his time at the postgame podium, breaking only once, to let out a smirk when asked how the team might respond to the narrative chatter after such a "thumping." (I totally get it, it's a funny word.) "Nobody in [the locker...
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