« I was wondering when I would be asked about this », Says Grant Williams with a smile. The rookie suspected that this sequence would come back to him.
His team led by two small points 35 seconds from time, in Game 7 against the Raptors, when the rookie inherited the ball under the circle, after a snack pass from Kemba Walker.
The interior managed somehow to get the fault and afford a passage on the throwing line. An opportunity to secure the lead of the Celtics missed because Grant Williams did not convert either of his two attempts. Fortunately for him, Jayson Tatum took the upper hand on Norman Powell to snatch the offensive rebound.
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On the line in his turn, Jayson Tatum offered an additional point lead (1/2) to his team and almost made forget the missed double of his young teammate.
« At the time I was glad I got the whistleGrant Williams, reflecting on his late entry onto the floor. ” I was ready to go, I tried to stay as warm as possible, to prepare myself and to defend. That’s all I had to do. There was no question of scoring a basket in the “money time”. My goal was to stop for my team. »
“I said to myself: Oh my God”
Until this hazardous pass from Kemba Walker and this passage on the line therefore. The rookie assures us that he appeared there by being ” super confident. And then I hit the back of the circle. I thought it was only the back of the circle, that it was a good shot. And then I sent the second one to the same place and I was like ‘Oh my God’. I don’t even remember missing decisive free throws like that. »
This season, however, he had a correct 72% success with a low volume of shots. One thing is for sure, he won’t forget the moment he saw Jayson Tatum soar for that offensive rebound. ” It was really a fun time for me when JT picked up the rebound. I thought thank you JT for saving my career here in Boston. »
This missed passage on the line did not prevent him from being praised by his teammates for his contribution. The 21-year-old knows that despite his low playing time in these playoffs (11 minutes), he is learning a lot.
« It’s really intense. In the regular season you have two or three of those games, where you could say it’s playoff intensity, but you can’t really prepare for having seven in a row. It was enlightening to see how difficult it is to win not just one game but also four games against another talented team. It was really a learning curve not only for me but also for my teammates. »
| Grant Williams | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2019-20 | FOREST | 69 | 15 | 41.2 | 25.0 | 72.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| Total | 69 | 15 | 41.2 | 25.0 | 72.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.4 | |
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