LOS ANGELES — Jayson Tatum has known since he was drafted by the Celtics in 2017 that the measure of success in Boston is an NBA title, but he's not chalking up championship No. 18 just yet.
LOS ANGELES — Jayson Tatum has known since he was drafted by the Celtics in 2017 that the measure of success in Boston is an NBA title, but he's not chalking up championship No. 18 just yet.'Even now, up 3-0, nobody is celebrating or anything,' Tatum said Thursday, a day after the Celtics thwarted a late Dallas rally to beat the Mavericks 106-99 and take a stranglehold on the best-of-seven NBA Finals.
18 two years ago but came up short against the Golden State Warriors in a title series that Boston led 2-1 before dropping the last three games.Vying for redemption last season, the Celtics fell in seven games to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals.'I think from our experiences over the past couple of years, the thing that we've really gotten a lot better at is not relaxing, not being complacent,' Tatum said.
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