Boston Celtics rookie Jayson Tatum has been making us ooh and ah all year long with his highlight-reel dunks, but on Monday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers he suffered an embarrassing miss.
Midway through the first quarter of Game 4, Tatum went up for a one-handed jam as Tristan Thompson closed in on him, and it really looked like he was going to hammer it down.
If Tatum finished this… pic.twitter.com/uxqcvZ5zsa
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 22, 2018
Unfortunately, he clanked the attempt off the back of the rim, which led to a fast-break opportunity for LeBron James, who converted and got the and-1.
Tatum misses the dunk and then LeBron converts the and-1. pic.twitter.com/WU8Ea25I9c
— RealGM (@RealGM) May 22, 2018
The Cavaliers have an early lead in this pivotal game, up 21-13 at the time of this writing. Tatum and Celtics will need to be sharper going forward, or it’s going to turn into a three-game series as the teams head back to Boston for Game 5.
