Tatum is frustrated in Celtics x Heat and reveals injury: “We fight like…”

Jayson Tatum failed to prevent the fall of Celtics for the heat at NBA. The playmaker, who took responsibility in the last games of the East Finals, was unlucky to be injured in the first move he made in game seven. He sprained his ankle after attempting a field goal and fell onto the TD Garden, last Monday, the 29th, with a lot of pain. Even so, he continued on the court, participated in 42 minutes of the confrontation, but scored only 14 points.

With that performance, Tatum couldn’t avoid a 103-84 loss to the Heat and was frustrated with the injury as well as the loss. The playmaker revealed that it was not easy to perform the movements after spraining his ankle at the start of the match against the Celtics. According to Jayson, the feeling of frustration took over him throughout the match after the injury surfaced.

It was just frustrating. It was difficult to move. Just frustrating, it happened on the first playthrough“, said the Boston star.

According to Tatum, even with the injury, the team cannot regret the defeat for “the rest of his life”. He recognized that it will be difficult to overcome the fall in the final of the eastern conference, especially after the recovery that the team managed to achieve in the last games of the confrontation between Celtics and Heat. According to the ace, the fight to try to come back was extremely difficult and not reaching the expected result is something that will bother him for a while.

You can’t go through life talking about what you could have done, should have done. It happened and the past is the past. We fought like hell to give us a chance today. It just wasn’t the result we were hoping for.“, finished.

Learn more details about how the Heat won over the Celtics!

It didn’t pass today, and the one who shouted “he’s a champion” in the East of the NBA was miami heat. For the decisive Game 7, the Florida team ran over the Boston Celtics by 103 to 84, at TD Garden, and confirmed the conference title. Eighth placed in the regular season, the team will face denver nuggets in the League Finals.

After opening 3-0 in the series, Miami was one victory away from the Finals, but suffered three straight losses to Boston and the East’s decision went to Game 7. If they won today, the Celtics would become the first team in the history of NBA turning 3-0 in the playoffs, but the taboo was maintained by the Heat and the historic comeback was avoided.