For the second consecutive year, the Celtics will meet the Nets in the first round of the playoffs. In the playoffs last season, the Celtics were finally swept by the Nets gentlemen 1-4, but compared with last season, now There have been some changes for both teams, especially the Celtics, who will welcome the return of Jaylen Brown this year compared to last year’s series.
Brown is still the Celtics’ best player this season except for Tatum. In 66 regular season games, he averaged 23.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game, and can play in this year’s series. , is undoubtedly a huge benefit for the Celtics.
Before the game, Brown also talked about the upcoming series against the Nets, Brown said he was excited to face Durant and Irving, “We just focus on the team itself, and then control what we can control, I Excited to play against guys like Durant and Irving in the playoffs, can you ask for more? They’re one of the best scorers in NBA history.”
Despite being very excited to face Durant Irving, Brown’s head is still very calm, and he said the team will not get into a singles game with Durant Irving, “We can’t get into a one-on-one between Durant and Irving, basketball. It’s a 5-on-5 sport, it’s not 1-on-1, it’s not 2-on-2, basketball is 5-on-5, I missed the playoffs last year with an injury, so I’m so excited right now, it’s keeping me awake at night, I Just trying to calm myself, I’m ready, and you can see from my face that I’m excited.”
This season is actually not easy for the Celtics. At the beginning of the season, the team’s record was very mediocre. At one time, it could only be ranked 11th in the Eastern Conference. Coach Udoka also suffered a lot of doubts. The call for people to break up Tatum and Brown is also getting louder and louder. However, with the joint efforts of the whole team, the Celtics played an extremely good performance at the end of the season, once came to No. 1 in the East, and finally won the championship. 2nd in the East.
Regarding the team’s situation, Brown said, “We have never given up, we have been trying to persevere, the atmosphere in the team is very good now, we have not flinched because of the previous struggles, this is not our style, we just accept every time The challenge, our energy shifted mid-season, we learned a lot through the adversity, and I would say that our mentality is a lot like the 2018 playoffs.”
Brown has been with the team since being selected by the Celtics with the third overall pick in 2016, during which he also played with Irving, now with the Nets, but Irving ultimately failed to play with Kyle during that period. The special people got together and broke up, and his relationship with the Celtics players at the time was once considered very bad by the outside world. Brown also talked about his relationship with Irving in an interview today. He said that after Irving left the Celtics , their relationship is getting closer.
“Off the court, my relationship with Carey may have had a lot of bumps in the beginning. But lately, Carey is someone I’ve been in touch with all the time, someone I call a friend, a brother, someone who called me to let I stick to my friends. Maybe it wasn’t like that when we played together and we bumped a lot back then. But it’s funny looking back now, and Kyrie has been connecting with me since then and inspiring me, so since then, Our relationship is much closer.”
But at the same time, Brown also said that friends off the court and competitors on the court, “In the game of basketball, we are opponents now. It’s about surviving the playoffs, there are no friends on the court or anything. You Will only support your teammates, just like he will only support his teammates, we’re all just playing basketball. But it’s definitely a competitive state, definitely a Warriors fight scenario, and that’s our one ball The team is against everyone.”
In a previous interview, Brown of the Nets said that the Celtics should not be afraid without Lowe, and the Nets can beat the Celtics to advance to the semifinals. Jaylen Brown also said, “We It will be proved by action, just wait and see!” (Sports Weekly)Return to Sohu, see more
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