Celtics G Jaylen Brown’s future in focus after Game 7 loss

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown owned as much as his lackluster efficiency within the workforce’s season-ending loss towards the Miami Warmth on Monday in Recreation 7 of the Japanese Convention finals

Brown completed with 19 factors and eight rebounds within the second-seeded Celtics‘ 103-98 setback to the eighth-seeded Warmth in Boston. Nonetheless, he made simply 8 of 23 photographs from the ground — together with 1 of 9 from 3-point vary — to go together with eight turnovers

“Only a horrible recreation. When my workforce wanted me most, like (Jayson Tatum) harm his ankle, first play of the sport, and you might see it like swelling up on him,” Brown mentioned. “He could not transfer on the market. It was robust for him. My workforce turned to me to make performs and I got here up quick, I failed. It is robust. I give credit score to Miami, however only a horrible job.”

All eyes now flip to the summer season for Brown, who’s eligible to signal a supermax contract extension price $295 million over 5 years.

Brown, nonetheless, mentioned he was simply targeted on Recreation 7 and nothing extra.

“I anticipated to win at present and transfer on,” he mentioned. “That is what my focus was on and that is my focus has been on. We failed. I failed. It is onerous to consider the rest proper now, to be trustworthy. We’ll cross that bridge after we get there.”

Brown, 26, recorded career-best averages in factors (26.6) and rebounds (6.9) to go together with a private best-tying 3.5 assists per recreation.

A two-time All-Star and named to the 2023 All-NBA Second Workforce, Brown averaged 17.9 factors, 5.2 rebounds and a couple of.2 assists in 470 profession video games (363 begins). He was chosen by the Celtics with the third general decide of the 2016 NBA Draft out of California

–Discipline Degree Media