Celtics Blow 22-Point Lead as Paul George Scores 38

Um, the Celtics Pistons was that game that I was telling everybody that was at 12 on the, on the West coast, three on the East coast. Um, Paul George set a Celtics debut record with 38 points and Boston still blew a 22 point lead in the first game of the season. Let me, I want to try to, I want to try to be as professional about this as I possibly can. Okay. Steroid P will always look good. if you give him months off and then throw him in a game. Paul George can do what you saw tonight once a week. Once a week, Paul George can do that. Call me after game 30 and see if he does that. This is why if I'm the Celtics and I watch Jalen Brown play tonight and I watch his performance Paul George gave us and we still lost, that goes to show you that there's an ingredient in what Jalen Brown does that is missing from what Paul George does Paul George was phenomenal tonight yeah came down to it none of it mattered none of it where was it in the end he was cooking he got you to the he got you to the fourth quarter but this is the time when now Jason Tatum was supposed to take over but you know what used to happen in the fourth quarter for the Celtics Jalen Brown would take over now they're not doing it no more now they got to refit now they got to reroute the course and figure out how this goes and that's why i'm telling people this season is a absolute indictment on Jason Tatum's career if Jason Tatum is that guy we're about to find out and he was great tonight he was great you say Jason Tatum was great damn Jason Tatum was great he damn had a triple double no no Jason Tatum was six of 23 from the field he was awful look at the rebounds look at the assist okay i understand that but they okay he had 11 assists well this is okay there's a tweet going viral on social media they completely agree with anytime you see somebody say that Jason Tatum had a great playmaking night or a great assist night you know he had a stinker from the field you know he was awful from the field but this is this is his new role 25 to 30 shots a game is what he has to do now it's not a debate he's got to shoot when you remove Jalen Brown from the game or from the team, from the organization, because he wants to podcast If your feelings got hurt because of that, and now you are relying on Paul George, have you seen the rest of their roster? It's awful. It is awful. So Jason Tatum has to shoot 25 to 30 times a night. Some of them will go in. Some of them won't, but those assists will have, or they have to be there because of the command that he now pulls to him because Jalen Brown is gone. So those assists are going to have to be there if the Celtics are going to be successful. And again, Jalen Brown was able to take them further far. Jalen Brown was able to get them in the playoffs. Jalen Brown was able to have them finish high in the Eastern Conference. Jason Tatum is on you now. Right, and it wasn't a great first showing, was it? Paul George outplayed him in every facet of the game. Defensively, too. I didn't have a problem with Jason Tatum's game tonight. I know what I'm expecting from Jason Tatum. And tonight's going to be one of those games where he's going to have a lot of those this year. sorry he just did 13 points on 6 of 23 is the number one option like come on man you know i understand the assists like he's a better playmaker than a lot of people give him credit for i absolutely understand that but they don't they like you just said it this is his team you're supposed to be the the 1a guy now there's no question about it paul george even came in in his press conference when he first got to the celtics in his press conference he said hey tatum's the guy i'm just playing off him i'm gonna try to do what i can to help him and now it like opening night first game it was reversed like pg pg get him the ball man he's cooking see the game does not only revolve around points this is when we are going to get into an argument where you love role players and i think points oftentimes i disguise the true value of a player if he doesn't get those 11 assists they get blown out by 30 and by the way the pistons can't score if he puts up 22 points they don't lose that's fair that's fair that's fair i can't argue that but the 22 points have to at the 11 assists have to still be there with the 22 points he's going to shoot better he is going to i have no doubt about that i have no doubt about that i'm just saying like not a great first showing if you're going to be okay this is my team now like oh my god like we're gonna go they were beating Detroit by 22 in the third quarter and they lost because everyone disappeared but also when you live and die by the three as much life as it can give you it can suck the life right out of you man and that's and that at the end of the day is my biggest question about the Celtics if the threes don't go in what are they if you get a 20 point lead in the NBA and you don't have another gear or whether you don't start going middies and post game you start running actual sets to get real shots out of your offense that are not threes you're always gonna have team come back on you the game's never over in your favor and the game's never over against you because the three ball is the equalizer i i thought that game was disgusting me personally i didn't like the game at all i thought it was too many threes shot in that game the fact that Duncan i think was it Duncan Robinson or hurt him you know it was Duncan Robinson. He had 21 points, five of nine in the fourth quarter.