After making straightforward work of the competitors within the Japanese Convention all through the primary three rounds of the NBA playoffs, the 64-win Boston Celtics had been thought to have their arms full within the NBA Finals going up in opposition to the Dallas Mavericks’ dynamic duo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving.
Sadly for Dallas, it has been extra of the identical for Boston within the Finals, with Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum persevering with to guide the storied franchise to wins, coming solely two wins away from elevating an NBA-record 18th championship banner within the rafters at TD Backyard.
Regardless that the Celtics have a commanding 2-0 lead as this best-of-seven sequence shifts to the American Airways Middle in Dallas for the following two video games, Brown is attempting to maintain a degree head and attempting to persuade himself that the crew is down 0-2 slightly than up 2-0, in line with Jared Weiss of The Athletic.
“You gotta trick your mind and play like you’re down 0-2, not up…The mind is a powerful thing,” Brown mentioned.
Jaylen Brown: “You gotta trick your mind and play like you’re down 0-2, not up…The mind is a powerful thing.”
— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) June 11, 2024
With Brown taking part in at a excessive degree all through the postseason up to now and just lately coming off incomes Japanese Convention Finals MVP honors, the versatile star appears to be shifting ahead with the precise mindset, as neither he nor the crew needs to be content material with the place they’re within the Finals, as issues can change rapidly, particularly away from Boston.
Doncic and firm are desperately on the lookout for an edge to get again into this sequence and can seemingly be going all out in Recreation 3 on Wednesday evening to be able to get the crew’s first win within the Finals this 12 months.
