“I think it’s tough, but now we need to regroup,” said Jayson Tatum to the media after the Boston Celtics dropped yet another winnable game late after blowing yet another big lead to the New York Knicks to lose 108 – 105 at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night.
“It’s tough losing leads and not finishing out the fourth quarter, but I think you’ve got to look at the big picture, and the grand scheme of things,” he added. The Duke product seems aware that his early successes may have given he and teammate Jaylen Brown a distorted understanding of what it takes to win at a high level in the NBA.
And now they are having to recalibrate on the fly while their team’s front office retools in a similar manner.
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— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) January 6, 2022
