BOSTON — Jayson Tatum has always aspired to greatness, and he’s certainly trending with the legends in one recent sense, though it’s undoubtedly not something he ever desired.
The forward’s four-turnover performance in the Celtics’ Game 5 loss to Golden State gave him 95 for the entire 2022 playoffs, the most by a single player in a single postseason in NBA history.
He edged one flub ahead of LeBron James (94, 2018) to set the record, and make no mistake about the greatness on this list. The rest of the top 10 includes Dwyane Wade (90, 2006), Larry Bird (87, 1984), Shaquille O’Neal (85, a 2006 Miami team had butter fingers on a legendary scale), Isiah Thomas (85, 1988), LeBron again (84, 2020), Kevin Johnson (84, 1993), and five players tied with 83.
