Jayson Tatum has spoken on his 1-on-1 battle with Jaylen Brown throughout tonight’s All-Star Recreation.
The 2 Boston teammates had everybody’s consideration amid an in any other case lacklustre recreation once they went back-and-forth towards one another to complete the third quarter.
“It was like one other day on the workplace for us,” Tatum mentioned on NBA TV after the sport.
“Been on the identical group for six years now. We’ve performed a numerous variety of 1-on-1 video games, scrimmages towards one another. We’ve at all times introduced the very best out in one another. It was a standard day for us, simply tens of millions of individuals watching, on one of many greatest levels, so we simply had numerous enjoyable with it.”
Tatum additionally spoke about what it meant to him to win the Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP Award, after dropping an All-Star recreation document 55 factors to go together with 10 rebounds and 6 assists on 71 % area purpose taking pictures.
“My first All-Star Recreation was in Chicago in 2020 once they renamed the MVP after him and I keep in mind telling myself that sometime I acquired to get a type of.”
When requested if Bryant ever challenged him to win the All-Star MVP, Tatum had this to say:
“Possibly not particularly, however I keep in mind he would at all times inform me, you recognize, how a lot does it imply to you? How a lot does being particular, how a lot does being a champion, how a lot are you prepared to sacrifice, and that at all times resonated with me.”
