{"id":1509362,"date":"2022-05-16T14:24:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1509362"},"modified":"2022-05-16T14:24:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:24:41","slug":"boston-celtics-jaylen-brown-gives-grant-williams-new-nickname-while-jayson-tatum-gives-him-a-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/boston-celtics-jaylen-brown-gives-grant-williams-new-nickname-while-jayson-tatum-gives-him-a-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics: Jaylen Brown Gives Grant Williams New Nickname, While Jayson Tatum Gives Him a Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/boston-celtics-news-mini-al-won-the-battle-with-giannis-antetokounmpo-on-their-own-island\/\">Grant Williams got a lot of well-deserved credit in Game 2<\/a> against the Milwaukee Bucks. The <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/boston-celtics\">Boston Celtics<\/a> forward played some tough, physical defense against <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/giannis-antetokounmpo-has-been-grossly-disrespected-in-this-years-nba-mvp-race\/\">two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo,<\/a> making him work hard for everything he got.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Game 7, Williams led all scorers with 27 points. He made seven three-pointers as the Celtics knocked off the Bucks 109-81. After the victory Celtics guard Jaylen Brown gave Williams a new nickname. Jayson Tatum gave him a warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-boston-celtics-rode-grant-williams-to-a-game-7-win-over-the-milwaukee-bucks\">The Boston Celtics rode Grant Williams to a Game 7 win over the Milwaukee Bucks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"Boston Celtics: Jaylen Brown Gives Grant Williams New Nickname, While Jayson Tatum Gives Him a Warning\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Williams.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=683&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1509379\" \/><figcaption>Grant Williams of the Boston Celtics reacts during the fourth quarter in Game 7 of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Milwaukee Bucks at TD Garden on May 15, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts. | Adam Glanzman\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Celtics had the unlikeliest of heroes during Sunday's winner-take-all meeting against the Bucks. Grant Williams, who played well in Game 2 but struggled the rest of the series, exploded for 27 points in Boston's victory that sent them into the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He finished with more points than Antetokounmpo and Tatum, and he also fired up 18 three-pointers, making seven. The Bucks guarded the pain with Antetokounmpo and Brook Lopez, inviting the Celtics to beat them with their long-range shooting. The Celtics took 55 three-pointers, making 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams accepted the challenge. After making just two of his first seven, he got hot. They left him open, and he capitalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me, it was like, they're encouraging it, I might as well take advantage,\u201d Williams said, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/33923857\/grant-williams-leads-boston-celtics-milwaukee-bucks-convincing-game-7-victory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESPN.<\/a> \u201cEach one as time got on got more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/boston-celtics-coach-ime-udoka-really-boring-real-life-mortal-kombat-action-figure\/\">First-year Celtics coach Ime Udoka<\/a> told Williams to keep firing away, even after those early misses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I told him let it fly,&#8221; Udoka said. &#8220;They are disrespecting you more tonight than they were earlier in the series. That was their plan on him and other guys, really shifting and making them try to beat us. You saw it on the first one he made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I basically said shoot the ball. What else can you do? Stop driving into the crowd. Shoot the shot that they are giving you.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jaylen-brown-gave-williams-a-new-nickname-while-jayson-tatum-gave-him-a-warning\">Jaylen Brown gave Williams a new nickname, while Jayson Tatum gave him a warning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jayson Tatum couldn&#39;t even begin to process why Grant Williams would want to be called &quot;Batman&quot; \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iiSV4UmWep\">pic.twitter.com\/iiSV4UmWep<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorcsnow\/status\/1505768828952846337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams seems to have a thing with nicknames. During a regular-season victory over the Denver Nuggets, Williams helped contain two-time MVP Nikola &#8220;the Joker&#8221; Jokic to an 8-for-23 shooting night. After the game, he said he wanted to be called &#8220;Batman.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI mean, I can\u2019t understand why Grant would want to be called Batman,\u201d Tatum said after that Nuggets game. \u201cI\u2019m sure I\u2019m gonna ask him on the bus. Grant played great tonight, but I\u2019m gonna call him Grant.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/jayson-tatum-message-boston-celtics-teammate-grant-williams-youre-grant-not-batman\/\">Not calling him no damn Batman.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After his seven three-pointers Sunday, Brown said Williams was getting a new nickname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grant Williams always gives 150% in training! In this particular video he couldn\u2019t leave the gym without going 45\/50 from NBA 3PT! After I make changes you can\u2019t go back to OLD HABITS! Trust the changes. The footwork &amp; mechanics has to stay sharp or back to 0.\ud83c\udf40<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBA<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grant2Will?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Grant2Will<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OKLAU0E4MU\">pic.twitter.com\/OKLAU0E4MU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lethal Shooter (@LethalShooter__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LethalShooter__\/status\/1525981995288866816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI call him Grant Curry now,\u201d\u00a0Brown said, per Taylor Snow of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/celtics\/news\/sidebar\/post-20220515-williams-record-setting-game-7-lifts-celtics-ecf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Celtics.com.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Brown gave him a new name, Tatum offered a warning to Williams, who outscored him with his seven three-pointers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI told him don\u2019t get used to that,\u201d Tatum said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut obviously, tonight we needed it. He came up big, played amazing, had 27 points, and in the playoffs, you need that. You need the guys coming off the bench to be a star in their role. Grant won us a playoff game tonight, a Game 7. I\u2019m extremely happy for him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams said he might have been a little too pumped up early in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel like your excitement gets the best of you sometimes,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThe first one I shot was calm and quick, but the others felt kind of rushed. So as I settled in, I was kind of just able to knock them down \u2013 took my time on the shots and not really rush them. Even if guys were flying at me, still took my time and knocked them down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/boston-celtics-bucks-lost-game-4-a-minute-into-3rd-quarter-just-ask-al-horfords-sister\/\">Boston Celtics: The Bucks Lost Game 4 a Minute Into the 3rd Quarter \u2014 Just Ask Al Horford\u2019s Sister<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant Williams was the unlikely hero for the Boston Celtics in Game 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":1509379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4814],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boston Celtics: Jaylen Brown Gives Grant Williams New Nickname, While Jayson Tatum Gives Him a Warning - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams seems to have a thing with nicknames. 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