why did jayson tatum only play 19 minutes in game 2

Jayson Tatum was on the court for 42 minutes in Game 2 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Knicks on May 7.

Interpreted as:

Why did Jayson Tatum only play 19 or more minutes in last game 2?

	NAME	DATE	MIN	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/7/2025	42	BOS	vs	NYK	13	14	5	3	1	5	19	26.3	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	32.7	1	13	3	2	+3
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	6/9/2024	45	BOS	vs	DAL	18	9	12	1	0	6	22	27.3	1	7	14.3	5	6	83.3	36.5	1	8	3	2	+6
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/23/2024	42	BOS	vs	IND	23	6	5	0	0	9	20	45.0	1	7	14.3	4	4	100.0	52.8	1	5	4	3	0
4	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/9/2024	38	BOS	vs	CLE	25	7	6	1	0	7	17	41.2	2	5	40.0	9	11	81.8	57.2	0	7	1	3	-22
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/24/2024	41	BOS	vs	MIA	28	8	3	0	1	10	20	50.0	2	6	33.3	6	8	75.0	59.5	0	8	3	3	+6
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/19/2023	42	BOS	vs	MIA	34	13	8	0	0	10	20	50.0	3	10	30.0	11	12	91.7	67.2	1	12	5	4	+5
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/3/2023	19	BOS	vs	PHI	7	7	3	0	1	1	7	14.3	0	3	0.0	5	5	100.0	38.0	0	7	2	4	+24
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/18/2023	40	BOS	vs	ATL	29	10	6	1	1	12	22	54.5	5	9	55.6	0	0		65.9	0	10	4	1	+7
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	6/5/2022	34	BOS	@	GSW	28	6	3	1	0	8	19	42.1	6	9	66.7	6	8	75.0	62.2	1	5	4	2	-36
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/19/2022	32	BOS	@	MIA	27	5	5	1	0	8	13	61.5	4	6	66.7	7	7	100.0	84.0	0	5	3	2	+13
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/3/2022	43	BOS	vs	MIL	29	3	8	3	1	10	20	50.0	5	10	50.0	4	5	80.0	65.3	1	2	4	3	+21
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/20/2022	41	BOS	vs	BKN	19	6	10	0	1	5	16	31.3	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	48.7	1	5	3	4	+11
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/25/2021	21	BOS	@	BKN	9	4	1	2	2	3	12	25.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	34.9	1	3	3	2	-28
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	9/17/2020	42	BOS	vs	MIA	21	5	4	1	1	6	12	50.0	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	62.4	0	5	5	4	-11
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	9/1/2020	42	BOS	@	TOR	34	8	6	1	0	8	17	47.1	4	7	57.1	14	14	100.0	73.4	0	8	4	1	+5
16	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	8/19/2020	31	BOS	vs	PHI	33	5	5	0	0	12	20	60.0	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	79.0	1	4	0	2	+29
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/30/2019	25	BOS	@	MIL	5	5	1	1	0	2	10	20.0	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	23.0	0	5	1	4	-18
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/17/2019	39	BOS	vs	IND	26	4	2	1	0	11	20	55.0	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	63.6	1	3	2	3	+8
19	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/15/2018	32	BOS	vs	CLE	11	3	2	1	0	5	12	41.7	1	3	33.3	0	0		45.8	0	3	2	3	+1
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5/3/2018	33	BOS	vs	PHI	21	2	2	1	1	7	14	50.0	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	63.1	0	2	2	2	-7
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4/17/2018	30	BOS	vs	MIL	4	7	3	4	1	2	9	22.2	0	2	0.0	0	0		22.2	0	7	1	3	+11

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