All-Star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum might have found the motivation for his 50-point game he dropped on the hapless Washington Wizards squad the Celtics faced in the seven – eight seed play-in game from having to play the play-in tournament at all, given that was literally the first thing on the St. Louis native’s mind after securing the Eastern Conference’s two seed at the end of the 2021-22 season.
It might also be because Boston is set to face their division rival Brooklyn Nets or the Cleveland Cavaliers pending who comes out of that same game this year. But for whatever reason, Tatum is just happy the Celtics “aren’t in the play-in game” this season’s end.
Watch the postgame interview with ESPN’s Stephanie Ready to hear what the Duke product had to say about seeding for the first round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs and beyond from Tatum’s point of view.
