It is resulting in blowout wins because the opponents are pretty terrible. If Tatum plays the same way in the finals against a MIN or OKC or some real team, his play may be more of a problem (if it continues which I expect it won't because he is too good to continue to shoot this poorly).
What way is the question.... he's getting really good players great shots.
People are WILDLY overrating how bad the opponents are. The Cavs are not a team you blow out by 20+ just by showing up.
The Celtics are dominating decent teams. If they were in the West they'd have similarly housed NOP.
If MIN and OKC defend the Celtics the way the Cavs and Heat have and Tatum plays like he has, and the other players on BOS do as well.... they'll get a shiny trophy and rings because his not great efficiency is still fine and he's getting guys like White and Brown easy buckets.
Of course I doubt MIN or OKC would defend that way, they are more confident in their individual wing defenders and instead of daring Tatum to make the right pass they'll probably try to limit him and make the Celtics win more 1 v 1 matchups, which will require Tatum to play differently.
That was kind of the point, Tatum isn't using a lot of possessions because the entire defense for both matchups so far has been built around getting the ball out of his hands.
Look to the football analogy above. You're basically saying "Well Mahomes had only 26 pass attempts and a really low YPA, sure they won by 21, but when they play SF if he plays like that it'll be a problem".
Tatum is playing great basketball.... he's just not shooting much and he's a bit below his normal efficiency in that small sample, but he's making massive contributions to dominant wins. Nobody should have any worry at all based on how he's played. People are creating a fake worry because "team obliterates competition" is a boring story.
