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Jaylen Brown says the Boston Celtics really feel the pressing want to shut out the NBA Finals in Monday’s Recreation 5 towards the Dallas Mavericks.
“We take these experiences, and we come out, and we play like our life depends upon it,” Brown advised reporters after Saturday’s loss. “As a result of it does.”
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Jaylen Brown mentioned the Celtics will have a look at the movie and discover ways to get higher.
After which, on Monday:
“We play like our life depends upon it. As a result of it does.” pic.twitter.com/VWN0T47zlK
The Celtics had the chance to clinch the title Saturday by finishing the sweep over the Mavericks on the street.
As a substitute, the Mavericks pressured a fifth recreation with a 122-84 win that marked the third-largest Finals margin of victory in NBA historical past.
Brown was held to 10 factors, his lowest whole of the postseason to this point, within the loss.
“We study from it, we take it. We do not dismiss it,” Brown mentioned about what the Celtics would take away from the loss. “We gon’ study from it, we gon’ see how and why precisely the place the sport was received and misplaced.”
Jayson Tatum led Boston’s offense with 15 factors on 4-of-10 capturing. In the meantime the Celtics, lacking large man Kristaps Porziņģis for the second straight recreation, struggled to defend Mavericks stars Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving, who mixed for 50 factors.
Brown, Tatum and the Celtics have two days to find out easy methods to overcome the Mavericks’ protection, with or with out Porziņģis, as they give the impression of being to maintain the collection from going again to Dallas for a possible Recreation 6.
