{"id":14038,"date":"2024-12-03T23:28:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T23:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14038"},"modified":"2024-12-03T23:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T23:28:14","slug":"jaylen-brown-its-hard-for-teams-to-be-great-when-some-of-their-best-players-never-play-back-to-backs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14038","title":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown: “It’s Hard For Teams To Be Great When Some Of Their Best Players Never Play Back-To-Backs”"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jaylen Brown gets real on how important it is for star players to try to always be on the court and not miss games.<\/div>\n
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\nJaylen Brown\u00a0battled through illness to star in the Boston Celtics’ 108-89 win over the Miami Heat at TD Garden on Monday night. After the game, Brown was asked in his\u00a0press conference\u00a0how important it was for him to set the tone for his team by showing that he was willing to play through adversity.“Whatever the case is, I try to always be there as a leader for our group to make myself available,” Brown said. “… Trying to miss as little games as possible is important for our group… Even when you’re not feeling well, to show that you’re still available, I think kinda sets the tone for your team to have the same type of mindset<\/em><\/p>\n

“These games matter, even though we’re in December, (and) we want to play into late June, these games matter,” Brown added. “So, I just had to push through it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

This game against the Heat was the second of a back-to-back for the Celtics, who lost 115-111 to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. With that in mind,\u00a0Brown was also asked how he deals with tough back-to-backs\u00a0and the NBA life in general.<\/p>\n

“It’s a part of the journey,” Brown stated. “Back-to-backs, it’s not like just the Celtics got to play them, everybody in the whole league (has to). It’s no different. I think we just have a mindset that we come out and play good basketball, put our best foot forward\u2014whoever is out there\u2014as a team.<\/em><\/p>\n