On the halftime buzzer Monday, Jaylen Brown was 2-8 and had simply 9 factors in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks and his staff was down by one. The Boston Celtics star regarded like a completely totally different man within the second half.
He completed the evening with 30 factors and shot a crisp 8-11 from the ground after the break. It was clear that Boston wanted one thing from somebody not named Payton Pritchard and Jaylen stepped up.
It was 24 minutes of him simply giving the Bucks buckets.
“Jaylen is only a man who can rating in a bunch of how,” stated head coach Joe Mazzulla. “I believe Jaylen has the flexibility to simply keep proper (within the recreation), and you already know, he picks and chooses his spots rather well. He is aware of when to take over a recreation and he is aware of when to get to his spot… I identical to seeing him decide his spots nicely and he did a terrific job of that within the second half.”
The participant that all of us noticed on Monday is identical man who had a monster near the 2023-24 season after which received each playoff MVP awards. Brown simply determined he was stronger than everybody and couldn’t be stopped.
“Numerous my photographs come within the paint,” Brown stated. “I really feel nice about that over the course of (a yr). I’ve been environment friendly for the previous few years so… Going ahead, that’s the place I become profitable dwelling within the paint.”
Tonight was all cash.
This was not like Opening Night time in opposition to the New York Knicks. This recreation, regardless of being a double-digit victory, was one which the Celtics needed to battle for. Throughout one of the necessary stretches of that battle, Brown made seven straight photographs to assist propel the Cs to their fourth win in as many video games this season.
Sooner or later within the third quarter, JB clearly determined that it was profitable time and went to work. From that time on, it was both a signature turnaround from the left elbow or a robust end via Milwaukee’s powerful paint protection.
Simply check out this, that is bully ball:
The above seems to be just like the basketball equal to hitting an insane combo on Mortal Kombat. It was simply blow after blow to the Bucks and so they had nothing for JB.
In accordance with him, this can be a yr filled with flexing.
Jaylen Brown:
“Over the yr, you may see me flexing rather a lot.”
— Sam LaFrance (@SamLaFranceNBA) October 29, 2024
