As the rest of the basketball world tried to dissect what was wrong with Jayson Tatum’s shot – and what it would take for him to break out of his head-scratching slump – Tatum didn’t seem overly concerned or discouraged.
“You put too much work in to doubt yourself,” he said Friday after extending his streak of missed 3-pointers to 20 in a row. “There’s always the next game.”
His mindset paid dividends, as that next game yielded a spectacular 51-point performance in a 116-87 win over the Wizards on Sunday. He shot 18-of-28 from the floor, 9-for-14 from 3-point range, and 6-for-6 from the line, also sprinkling in 10 rebounds and seven assists (with only one turnover) in one of the most complete all-around games of his career.
“Sometimes you’ve gotta laugh it off,” Tatum said afterward.
It was Tatum’s first 50-piece of the season and the third of his career, which puts him just one behind Larry Bird for most in franchise history. It was also the…
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