Must C’s: Jayson Tatum steals jump ball to put Celtics up late

Wake up, East coast. This was huge.

Jayson Tatum’s improvement on defense is one of the unsung developments in Boston’s 10-1 start. Here’s ESPN’s Zach Lowe in his weekly 10 Things I Like And Don’t Like column: “Tatum has grown into a good defender -- smart, rangy, with a knack for disrupting stuff away from the ball.” That couldn’t be more true tonight when JT took over the final two minutes of crunch time. If you re-watch that play, you can see Marcus Smart quarterback Tatum to switch spots to be there for the steal.