Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics were at Madison Square Garden on Saturday to face the New York Knicks in Game 3 of their second-round NBA Playoffs series.
After becoming the first team in the play-by-play era (since 1996–97) to blow two 20+ point leads and lose in the playoffs, the Celtics are looking to bounce back and avoid falling into a 3-0 series hole.
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Tatum has recorded a double-double in each of the first two games but hasn’t shot the ball well. In Game 1, the six-time NBA All-Star shot 7-of-23 (30.4%) overall and 4-of-15 (26.7%) from beyond the arc. In Game 2, he went 5-of-19 (26.3%) from the field and 1-of-5 (20.0%) from three.
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) in Game 2 versus the New York Knicks.© David Butler II-Imagn Images
While fans expected the focus to be on his bounce-back performance in Game 3, Tatum instead went viral pregame for something completely different: his pregame outfit.
He walked into Madison Square Garden ahead of the 3:30 p.m. ET tip-off wearing brown overalls and Timberlands. SportsCenter shared a video, zooming in on the boots.
Fans couldn’t help but laugh once the video hit social media, with many joking that the Celtics were doomed to lose because of Tatum’s outfit.
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“New York can’t let this fly 😂😂,” one fan said.
“They might use those to stomp your team out if y’all go down 0-3 😂,” another wrote.
“Definitely gone for 40. lol,” added another.
“I think this signals 0-3 idk why 🤣,” said a fan.
“yeah Knicks in 5 😂,” one wrote.
“He should’ve rocked a Yankees fitted with it 😂,” said another.
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