When Tatum missed the Eastern Conference Finals MVP by 1 vote, will he miss this year's FMVP like Curry, who missed the FMVP in the previous three championships? When Tatum finally ushered in recovery in G3 of the Finals, he scored 31+6+5 and rebounded strongly. Especially in the first half, he scored 20 points to support the overall situation and became the hero of leading the team to complete a 13-point reversal. But obviously Tatum did Not enough. At least compared to his teammate Jaylen Brown, Tatum has not narrowed the gap. Instead, it seems that the gap has been widened again. This has also gradually made the fmvp battle gradually clearer. Brown has become the number one favorite.
Finals data pk Tatum's shooting percentage is far inferior to Brown
Brown averaged 24.3 points, 6 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, shooting 55.1% from the field and 25% from the three-point range.
Tatum averaged 21.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game, shooting 35.9% from the field and 29.6% from the three-point range.
Holiday averaged 15.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, shooting 59.3% from the field and 41.6% from the three-point range.
It is not difficult to see through data comparison that Tatum is among the three core players of the Celtics . Although he has the upper hand in rebounds and assists, his scoring average is 2.7 points less than Brown. When comparing various data when measuring FMVP, the proportion of scores is still extremely important.
More importantly, even though Brown's three-point shooting percentage in the Finals was worse, only 25%, which was not as good as Tatum's 29.6%, the overall shooting percentage was too bad for Tatum. Tatum's field goal percentage in the finals was as low as 35.9%, which is far behind Brown's 55.1% field goal percentage, and even worse than Holiday's 59.3% field goal percentage.
You must know that in the history of the NBA finals, no player with a shooting percentage below 40% in the finals has ever received FMVP. The lowest shooting percentage of a player who has previously won FMVP can be traced back to Kobe's 40.5% in the 2010 Finals. But it is higher than Tatum's current average of 35.9% per game.
Tatum's performance in the decisive battle was lost and Brown defeated him
During the Eastern Conference Finals MVP battle, Tatum averaged 30.3 points, 10.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game in the Eastern Conference Finals, which was better than Brown's average of 29.8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game. However, the Eastern Conference Finals mvp votes were narrowly defeated by Brown 4-5 and missed the chance to win the award. The fundamental reason is that Brown's performance at critical moments in the Eastern Conference Finals series was stronger, and he also had an explosive game in which he scored 40 points in a single game. Naturally, his recognition is higher than that of Tatum.
Now in the first three games of the Finals, Tatum only had 16 points and 18 points in the first two games respectively. Even if he rebounded with 31 points in the third game, there are still flaws. Tatum scored 30 points in the first half, but only 11 points in the second half. Especially in the final quarter, he only scored 1 of 5 and only 4 points, which almost led to a 21-point reversal by Mavericks .
On the other hand, although Brown scored 30 points in G3, 1 point less than Tatum, he scored 24 points in the second half, including 15 points in the third quarter to lead the team to reverse the situation. As for the rest of the Celtics team in the final quarter, Brown scored 9 points and caused Doncic's 5th and 6th foul in a row. The Mavericks' number one star graduated with 6 fouls, which became a watershed in the game. Brown also hit a key mid-range shot at the last minute and became the number one contributor to the Celtics' win.
Brown has repeatedly been able to step forward at critical moments. Compared with Tatum's lost performance at critical moments, Brown's impression points are naturally greatly increased, which is not conducive to Tatum's competition for FMVP.
Tatum's public opinion recognition is far inferior to Brown
In the fmvp odds list after G3 in the finals, Brown continued to rank first, beating Tatum for second.
Brown-340
Tatum+270
In addition, as the famous mouthpiece skip commented: "The Celtics won in the third quarter, and then they played a shaky fourth quarter-only 21 points As expected, Tatum turned solid (only 4 points on 1-of-5 shooting in the final quarter), and Jaylen Brown saved them. "
Public opinion's recognition of Brown is much higher than that of Tatum in this year's finals. Brown also had an earth-shattering one-arm dunk in G3, which was undoubtedly an extremely explosive moment. It was more shocking than Tatum's multiple dunks and was more capable of adding points.
Holiday and Porzingis have basically withdrawn from the competition
Because Porzingis was absent due to injury in G3 of the finals, and the Celtics currently lead 3-0 with a total score to win the championship point. For the sake of Porzingis' health, there is a high probability that he will miss the next finals. In addition, the first two finals totaled only 32 points, so he has basically withdrawn from the FMVP competition early.
As for Holiday, the core of the Celtics backcourt, he performed well with 38 points and 0 turnovers in the first two games, and topped the official FMVP list in the first two games. It's just that Holiday's performance in G3 declined, and he only scored 9 points on 4 of 9. This game will naturally reduce points to a great extent, so FMVP is more likely to start a competition between Tatum and Brown.
It is based on the above factors. It is not that Tatum is not good, but that Brown is better, more efficient, and more recognized. Unless in the remaining finals, Brown will perform extremely "hip-stretching" performance, and Tatum can replicate Giannis Antetokounmpo in G6 of the 2021 Finals, and lead the team by contributing similar to 50+ data in the last finals. Only by winning the championship can he hope to complete the counterattack, otherwise he will not be able to take away Brown's FMVP.
(Text/Zui Wo Fu Sheng)
