Jayson Tatum has added an international dimension to his personal highlight reel.
The Boston Celtics forward threw down a windmill dunk in the U.S. men’s national basketball team’s 84-68 win over Canada on Monday in Sydney, Australia. Tatum delighted the crowd down under by maximizing his fast-break opportunity in the third quarter.
JAYSON TATUM BREAKS OUT THE WINDMILL! #USABMNT #FIBAWC
📺: @NBATV
💻📱: https://t.co/HbtDcrFgfZ pic.twitter.com/tKNzjEIK7e— NBA (@NBA) August 26, 2019
More Hoops, More Air @jaytatum0 🚀#USAGotGame pic.twitter.com/T8x9OGkJMs
— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) August 26, 2019
Without the dunk, Tatum might have preferred to forget this outing, as he scored just six points on 2-for-11 shooting, while adding four rebounds and one assist. His Celtics teammate Jaylen Brown, however, shined with a game-high 19 points.
The win over Canada represented Team USA’s final tune-up game for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, which will run between Aug. 31 and Sept. 15 in China.
Tatum, Brown, Kemba Walker and Marcus Smart, dubbed “Team Shamrock,” are part of a new-look group, which is vying to win a third consecutive World Cup for the U.S.
