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But they didn’t.
“We failed. I failed. We let the whole city down,” said Jaylen Brown.
The Celtics went down 0-3 to the Miami Heat but ripped off three-straight wins after that, forcing a Game 7 at home. TD Garden was buzzing from the jump, but on the first play of the game, the entire course of the night was changed.
Jayson Tatum went down with an ankle injury. And while he did his best to play through it, he was clearly not himself for the remainder of the contest.
In turn, the burden was placed on Brown to carry the Celtics’ offense.
“He couldn’t move out there. It was tough for him,” Brown said of Tatum. “And my team turned to me to make plays and etcetera, and I came up short. I failed. And it’s tough. I give credit to Miami, but just a terrible job.”
Brown fought back his emotions post-game while breaking down his performance. His entire press conference was filled with long pauses, deep breaths, and the desperate need to fight back tears.
The 26-year-old star was named to his first All-NBA team this year, earning All-Star honors as well. But in the Eastern Conference Finals, he shot just 16.3% from distance, and in a pivotal Game 7, he recorded a career-high eight turnovers.
Everything that could have gone wrong did for Brown and the Celtics, as Miami cruised to a 103-84 victory and their second NBA Finals appearance in four years.
Now, heading into the offseason, the focus will shift to Brown’s potential contract extension, as his All-NBA distinction makes him eligible for a supermax deal. But Brown hasn’t even begun to think about the future yet.
