Led for the majority of the match, the Celtics did not go far from carrying out the hold-up on the floor of the Sixers. Finally, Joe Mazzulla’s men had to bow in overtime to the will of James Harden, author of a huge game and the winning basket in the last seconds.
An end to the meeting that leaves a bitter taste in Jaylen Brown. If he is guilty of having left James Harden open on the winning shot, it is rather on the other side of the field that he has regrets. Indeed, the Celtics player took only three shots during the 4th quarter and none during overtime. A difficult situation to understand, especially since he was hot from the start of the match by scoring 12 of his team’s first 14 points.
“I think I need to ask for the ball a little more” voiced Jaylen Brown. “I think good things happened when I had the ball in my hands. But our attack was correct. We had managed to get out of it, we put in big shots, we got good shots throughout the game, but we lacked success at the end..
This isn’t the first time this has happened in this series. Indeed, during Game 1, Jaylen Brown started very strong with 14 points scored in the first quarter at 6/7 shooting. Thereafter, he only took 3 shots for the rest of the game. And Philadelphia also won that game.
So far, Jaylen Brown has on this series an average of 23.5 points at 57.4% shooting including 40.9% from 3 points! Impressively effective statistics. However, he sees little of the ball at the end of the match, the ball often being in the hands of Jayson Tatum, Al Horford or even Marcus Smart, who even took the two shots at the buzzer, during the 4th quarter and in overtime.
“One of our best players wants to be aggressive” reacted Jayson Tatum. “We need him to be aggressive. It’s up to him, to us, to everyone to make sure we put everyone in the best position to succeed.”.
| Jaylen Brown | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2016-17 | BOS | 78 | 17 | 45.4 | 34.1 | 68.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 6.6 |
| 2017-18 | BOS | 70 | 31 | 46.5 | 39.5 | 64.4 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.5 |
| 2018-19 | BOS | 74 | 26 | 46.5 | 34.4 | 65.8 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 13.0 |
| 2019-20 | BOS | 57 | 34 | 48.1 | 38.2 | 72.4 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 20.3 |
| 2020-21 | BOS | 58 | 35 | 48.4 | 39.7 | 76.4 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 24.7 |
| 2021-22 | BOS | 66 | 34 | 47.3 | 35.8 | 75.8 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 23.6 |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 67 | 36 | 49.1 | 33.5 | 76.5 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 26.6 |
| Total | 470 | 30 | 47.7 | 36.5 | 72.3 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 17.9 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def= defensive rebound; Tot = Total bounces; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost bullets; Ct: Counters; Points = Points.
