“Jayson Tatum grinded all off-season then went 7/30 at Madison Square Garden?!!”: NBA Twitter blasts Celtics star after double-OT loss to Knicks on opening night

Advait Jajodia | 21/10/2021
"Jayson Tatum grinded all off-season then went 7/30 at Madison Square Garden?!!": NBA Twitter blasts Celtics star after double-OT loss to Knicks on opening night

Jayson Tatum starts his 4th NBA campaign with an awful 7/30 shooting from the field as the Celtics suffer a hard 138-134 double-OT loss to the Knicks.

Entering the 2021-2022 NBA season, Jayson Tatum was one of the most hyped youngsters to have an All-NBA type of season. Judging the amount of work the Celtics All-Star put in this off-season, and the muscle he put on this past summer, he surely is expected to have a career season while leading Boston to a deep playoffs run.

However, his opening night performance would be an outing he would hope to forget about. Putting up 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, Tatum shot a dreadful 23.3% from the field, and 13.3% from beyond the arc.

Capitalising on Jayson’s abysmal shooting, Julius Randle and the Knicks managed to grab a 138-134 win in a thriller double overtime, spoiling Jaylen Brown’s incredible 46-point night.

Also Read: Skip Bayless critiques the Celtics’ guard for his poor showing in Season Opener against the Knicks

NBA Twitter troll Jayson Tatum for shooting an awful 7/30 on opening night

NBA Twitter really trolled Jayson Tatum after his terrible shooting from the field.

Also Read: Knicks’ Julius Randle opens up after a thrilling Double OT win over the Celtics in the Season Opener

Indeed, he had a bad opening night. However, knowing the kind of player he is, Tatum is definitely going to bounce back after such an atrocious outing.

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Advait Jajodia, an NBA and Tennis journalist for The SportsRush, has had a passion for both sports for over a decade. His admiration for Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry, and Rafael Nadal pushed him to gain a profound understanding of the sports. With a background as a multi-sport athlete, Advait uses his experience on the hardwood and the court to offer insightful analysis. Over four years of dedicated sports journalism has equipped the 22-year-old with a unique perspective, reflected in his prolific portfolio of 4,700+ articles.

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