Jason Tatum’s Achilles injury cast a dark shadow on the Celtics’ NBA playoff run. Payton Pritchard, who won the season on the Game 6 line, explains how it provides motivation.
The Boston Celtics will need to win two games to maintain their hopes of staying alive in the NBA championship: This is much easier than you would say.
Jason Tatum suffered a devastating Achilles injury in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals against the New York Knicks. He has undergone surgery and is set to miss a significant amount of time.
Derrick White impressed NBA fans with his performance in Game 5 victory. Jalen Brown was an instrument for the team, and later shared a short but sweet message to Tatum.
Many teams will fold even if Superstars are not available. But this Boston team is different and Payton Pritchard talked about why he wants to win now.
Tatum led Boston with points, rebounds, assists and steals game-by-game before dropping into the playoffs. His production is difficult to exchange.
The feeling of losing him to such an unfortunate situation took a blow to the team. However, Pritchard explained how they provide fuel to the fire.
“When I see my teammates come down with such injuries, it’s clearly devastating to everything he puts in the game.
“But for us, we had to change quickly and try to take care of our home courts and force Game 6.
Emotions and inspiration are important to eliminate difficult victory, but the world of sports is often about cold and hard numbers.
But Al Horford and Brown are well aware of what it’s like to produce with their backs on the wall. They are in first and third place, respectively, in most elimination games wins by active players.
That the duo on either side of LeBron James in this situation are proof of their toughness. The Celtics need all of that to continue their title defense.
No matter what happens, Game 6 promises to be an electrical incident. And there’s no doubt that the real-life NBA champions will do everything they can to bring this series into Game 7.