Dallas' head coach thought his comments from before Game 2 were misconstrued slightly
Before Game 2, Jason Kidd seemed to ruffle some feathers by saying Jaylen Brown is the best player on the Boston Celtics. Some saw it as him trying to play mind games with the Celtics and force Jayson Tatum to take more shots out of the flow of the offense. Kidd wanted to clarify those comments slightly.
"'s one of the best players in the world," Kidd said to the media on Tuesday, "so you're trying to just make it tough. And that's all you can do, is hopefully guard the first move, guard the second move, guard the third move, and contest. And guys are doing that at a high rate, and just trying to make it tough on him." He'd also say "Everybody though my comments was mental warfare" regarding his comments before Game 2.
Tatum has been able to impact this series with his playmaking more than his scoring, using the drive to set up open dump-off passes under the basket. Dallas has consistently been sending extra bodies his way when he drives and while he has forced some shots, he's done best when passing. Brown, meanwhile, is leading the Celtics in scoring this series at 21.5 PPG through two games. He and Tatum will likely have to step up their scoring even more with questions about
For Dallas to get back into the series, they'll have to keep holding Tatum to inefficient games while doing a better job containing Boston's drives. If Porzingis isn't playing, that'd be one less perimeter threat the Mavericks would have to deal with.Austin Veazey joined NoleGameday as the Lead Basketball Writer in 2019, while contributing as a football writer, and started as editor for MavericksGameday in 2024. Veazey was a Florida State Men’s Basketball Manager from 2016-2019.
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