Bruce Brown was absolutely everywhere that night against the Cavs

He’s been playing tricks on us for so long, we should know. Do you know Bruce Brown Jr.? Nope ? Well you would benefit from knowing him. Quick presentation on the background of a play-in masterclass, here is the story of a man born as an X factor, here is the story of a man who can fulfill all the functions in a basketball team.

The size of a rear but the trunk of an interior. Leave it open and he will plant for sure, give him the ball and he will distribute like a boss, while going to pick his harvest of offensive rebounds to offer his lot of second chances to his team. Tonight ? BB was established in position 4, in support of Andre Drummond and Kevin Durant on the frontcourt but option 3 playmaking when Kyrie or KD were busy preparing for their first round against Boston. It doesn’t look like much when it’s dribbling, it doesn’t look like much when it shoots, but in the end it plays 40 minutes, because in 2022 having Bruce Brown in your roster is like a blessing. 18 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals last night against Cleveland, constant activity and a major concern for a defense that probably hadn’t noted its name on the playbook. As per usual. Three years that it lasts casually, three seasons around the ten pawns of average and it does not fall by chance either, just as this connection with Nicolax Claxton did not fall by chance, very happy to find in Bruno Marron a man capable of serving him at the post, because don’t forget that there was a time when the former dowg of the Pistons was able to play the bodybuilt Chris Paul by abusing the pick and roll and other lob passes.

If the Nets were to take their adventure in the Playoffs far, Bruce Brown thus promises to be a major element of the book, and from adventure to adventure the Celtics, to begin with, will have to make sure not to forget this soldier of the shadow, born for this kind of games and never as strong as when you least expect it. Ben Simmons or not Ben Simmons, Steve Nash has with the double B a player capable of ensuring the lead while bringing a real physical proposition, and to get through this play-in tournament without a hitch, that’s exactly what he needed. In a series of seven against the Celtics? It will obviously take more, but the Curry, Drummond or other Patty Mills will in any case have to be inspired by the desire of their teammate, in order to offer the duo of All-Stars house a sufficiently solid supporting cast to hope for anything. either on this postseason.

Huge Bruce Brown game, one of the few unsolvable problems for the Cavs tonight. Dear Celtics, be careful not to throw all your might on the Kyrie/KD pull, because that funny cushy fellow will never be far away to punish you.