#Sixers looked hungry for a sweep in game 1 series
Especially because with two more 20-plus-point games in Philadelphia and a 25-point outburst in the Celtics’ 114-112 Game 5 win that clinched the second-round series on Wednesday, Tatum now holds that record all by himself. Not about how Tatum had put together another astonishing performance, or how he’d just tied Larry Bird’s Celtics record with four straight 20-plus-point postseason games as a rookie.
Tatum’s season has reached a point that, after he scored a team-high 21 points against Philly to help lead Boston back from a 22-point deficit to take a 2-0 series lead in Game 2, reporters at TD Garden wanted to ask about Simmons’s bad night. The theme of the commercial is rookie moves, which is something of an odd fit since the 20-year-old doesn’t often make rookie moves. “They would FaceTime me and say, ‘Hey, are we doing this right? Are we doing this right?’” Hanlen says. So Tatum would hit the gym with Hanlen’s videographer, Sam Limon, and loop the trainer in via smartphone. That’s why I have to stay connected with my coach, even when he’s not around.” It’s a funny premise, one that, it turns out, stems from real life.Īt one point before Tatum’s senior year in high school, the pair was working on revamping his shot when Hanlen was called away by other clients for an extended period. “But it’s also important for me to put in the right work. “It’d be a rookie move for me not to train as hard as I can,” Tatum says in voice-over. Then he turns around and … there’s no one else there but the dude sweeping the floor.Ĭut to a smartphone, through which his longtime trainer, Drew Hanlen, is watching remotely and offering feedback (including to put more “sauce” on the move). He does some nifty dribbling, almost definitely travels, and makes a lefty layup. It’s Tatum in a gym, with basic Nike sweats on and a ball in his hands. Check out The Ringer’s coverage of the 2018 NBA playoffs
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