Just a Snapshot - Jayson and Jaylen December Numbers Through 5 games

A quick snapshot through 5 December games where Boston is 3-2 reveals that Jaylen Brown has been our best player by far.

It is very easy to lose sight of things when Jayson Tatum's name comes up every single day as it relates to the MVP race. JB becomes somewhat of an afterthought.

In December JB is almost averaging 30 PPG.

He is averaging 29.8 PPG while shooting 52.2% from the field and 37.2% from deep.  His improved FT shooting continues.  In December, he has made 87.1% of his free throw attempts.  He is also averaging 9.6 rebounds and 4.2 assist.  His turnover are only 1.6 per game.

His scoring in those 5 games 31, 25, 22, 34 and 37.   He dropped 37 against the Heat and 31 last night vs GS.  

Jayson Tatum is not off to a good start in December.

He has averaged only 23.4PPG.  Why?  He is shooting only 40.6% from the field, 32.5% from deep and 73.3% from the line.  He is still rebounding at a high level (9.4 per game) but his assists are poor at 2.2 per game and he is also turning the ball over 4.6 per game.

His 5 game scoring numbers are 18, 25, 31, 29 and 14.
 
You will note that in our two signature losses to the Warriors and Heat he scored 18 and 14 points respectively.

This is a small sample size.  In this 5 game stretch which includes 4 out of 5 games on the road, Jaylen Brown has displayed a superior level on mental toughness.  Our MVP candidate has not.

I expect Jayson to get back to playing high quality basketball once he gets his head straightened out.

Db

JT will be just fine. He is having another career year as is JB.

Again this is just a 5 game snapshot. Even great players will lay a few eggs along the way.

Look for JT to show out tonight against the Clippers.

ktron

I guess fans forget how long and hard it is to win even a title.