Jaylen Brown scored 25 factors because the Boston Celtics rolled previous the Dallas Mavericks, 138-110, on Friday evening at TD Backyard.
Going 11-for-20 from the sector together with two from downtown, Brown had a spotlight reel shot when he dropped a 360 layup with an acrobat end over Mavericks middle Derek Full of life II.
“JB has these moments the place you’re type of holding your breath,” Kristaps Porzingis mentioned, as seen on NBC Sports activities Boston. “Like, what’s he doing? What is that this gonna be? This was a kind of moments. It is a JB play. (He) goes up 360, and nonetheless shoots it.
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“Doesn’t even attempt to move or one thing to get out of hassle. Simply shoots it and makes it. To be sincere, from our angle from the bench that seemed insane. I don’t know you probably have a clip of our response, however the bench response was prime three this season for positive.”
Brown could have knocked down the shot, however the Celtics guard mentioned it wasn’t one thing he deliberate.
“I don’t know what made me try this,” Brown instructed reporters, per the crew. “Nonetheless a head-scratcher. If I had missed it, it most likely would’ve seemed unhealthy. Once you bought the power to leap and you bought some hangtime, you bought a cut up second, somewhat further time to decide. I nonetheless had a while within the air, and I simply flipped it up with my left.”
The Celtics star added seven rebounds, 5 assists and one steal within the recreation to assist lead Boston previous Dallas.
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Boston has gained 10 straight video games because the All-Star break, for the primary time since 2019. The Celtics are again in motion on Sunday after they host the Golden State Warriors for his or her second and closing assembly this season. Boston misplaced the primary matchup 132-126 in extra time to Golden State on Dec. 19.
