I'm glad Kristaps is back! - Jayson Tatum reacts to Game 1 win in NBA Finals vs. Mavs | NBA on ESPN

great team effort at both ends the return of Kristof porzingis a huge impact doic at 30 but the Mavericks see their five-game road playoff winning streak come to an [Applause] end and Boston takes game [Applause] one so happy recap for these Celtics they've won all the game ones the only two games they've lost in these playoffs were game twos first round against Miami second round against Cleveland and then of course they had the sweep against the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals out Jason Tatum one of six players in double figures he's with Lisa thank you Mike Jason it seemed like you guys really regained control of the game late in that third quarter with your defense just what did you start doing differently on the defensive end uh I say it all the time it's a game of runs uh this is the NBA Finals they not going to go away easy uh and we just had to respond and we did a really good job of that Luca got his but no one else really did and he had just one assist wasn't really able to facilitate what were you guys doing defensively just to kind of limit his game uh I mean obviously somebody like that is going going to score and and get his points uh you know our job is to try to limit the other guys as much as we possibly can you've talked about how your game game has grown how you don't have to be consumed with scoring to dominate a game you finished with 16 Points 11 rebounds five assists what are you most proud of about your personal performance tonight that we won I had way too many turnovers uh I got to be a lot better but you know we we took care took care of the job tonight get some rest watch film and see what we can do better for game two and how about Chris SS porzingis what impress you most about his return tonight uh just how seamless you know his transition is to come back uh man I'm I'm glad he's back congrats on the win thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

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