While Boston’s Jaylen Brown may blame himself for the Celtics’ last-second loss to the Toronto Raptors in Game 3 of their second-round series on Thursday night, he was in truth one of the better players playing significant minutes in it.
The late defensive breakdown certainly hurt the Celtics, but Boston would never have been in a position to win it at all if not for the Marietta native’s outstanding play in this game.
Scoring 19 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks on 9-of-15 shooting, Brown was perhaps the most important player for the Celtics in the contest save All-Star point guard Kemba Walker.
If you missed the game and want to see how the Cal-Berkeley product did in the Game 3 loss, or simply want some motivation for Game 4, watch the video embedded above.
The next game in the series is on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and something tells us the Celtics’ two-way terror will be more than ready come tip-off.
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