All issues thought-about, the Boston Celtics had an excellent Monday night time, as they demolished the Portland Path Blazers on the street, 121-99. Nonetheless, Celtic star ahead Jaylen Brown was not utterly pleased, a minimum of from a person standpoint.
Though Brown led all scorers within the recreation with 27 factors, he was inefficient from the ground, going simply 8/12 on his makes an attempt. He was particularly dangerous from behind the arc, with Brown pulling down simply certainly one of his eight tries from deep.
By way of Jay King of The Athletic:
Jaylen Brown felt like he settled means an excessive amount of 3-pointers tonight.
“I shot (eight) threes. I didn’t need to shoot none of these. I may have gotten to the paint, perhaps discovered certainly one of my teammates or no matter. In the event that they’re open you shoot them however for probably the most half my job is to get to the paint and that opens up the sport for everyone else.”
If it weren’t for Brown’s horrible exterior taking pictures, the Celtics would have completed the competition with shinier taking pictures splits. However, their 49.0 p.c taking pictures from the ground and 37.5 3-point taking pictures share had been sufficient to get previous the lowly Path Blazers.
Although Brown shot badly from lengthy distance and didn’t assault the basket as a lot as he wished, the Celtics nonetheless ended up with an enormous margin by way of factors scored within the shaded space, 60-44.
Somebody who had a incredible efficiency from the 3-point area in that recreation was Sam Hauser, who buried six triples on 10 makes an attempt.
Brown, who’s taking pictures simply 34.9 p.c from deep within the 2023-24 NBA common season, can atone fo his poor exterior taking pictures within the Portland recreation this Tuesday when the Boston Celtics play the Utah Jazz on the street.
