Jayson Tatum's iconic Game 7 dunk over LeBron James will likely go down as the best moment of his rookie season. He spoke about it at length during an interview in ESPN's Get Up!
“It doesn't get any better than that,” said Tatum. “I got to dunk on him. That felt pretty good, but obviously they got the win.”
The rookie and The King exchanged glances after the play took place and later shared a moment after an eventual Cavs Game 7 win, where James gave Tatum some love after a hard-fought series.
“He just came over there and talked to me, that was a special moment for me,” said Tatum. “Just for somebody like that to show respect and to let me know they appreciate what I'm doing and that I'm definitely coming up in this league.”
Tatum elevated his game during these playoffs, this time having to make up for the absence of Kyrie Irving by taking over the scoring duties.
The 6-foot-8 forward out of Duke averaged 17.9 points on 49.5 percent shooting from the field throughout the best-of-seven series, putting on a show to cap off what has been a shining rookie season for the third overall selection in the 2017 NBA Draft.
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