Jason Tatum broke the record for points in an All-Star this Sunday night in Salt Lake City. He hit 55. His Celtics coach gave him free rein to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s team, which took the win, and the forward was the main architect. But he faced opposition starting in the third quarter after having seen an embarrassing spectacle in the first and second.
The lack of interest in playing was evident in some players. That caused others to try to preserve the good name of the event or to raise their voices at such nonsense. “It’s the worst match I’ve ever seen in my life”said Mike Malone, the opposing coach and who in the nba He runs the Denver Nuggets. But another sentence (“This is not basketball”) and another protagonist would take on special relevance during this match played at the Vivint Arena.
Jaylen Brown He is Tatum’s teammate in Boston but here he was a rival. The player stayed at 35 points, but left a moment in the third quarter in which he tried to show his discontent. He went for Tatum to play one on one. The action lasted four plays, with a three-pointer each, one more basket by Brown and a turnover by Tatum. The people appreciated that oasis in the desert in the last seconds of the third period. It was what led others like Embiid to want to play something more serious at the end.
