{"id":36627,"date":"2025-02-24T08:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=36627"},"modified":"2025-02-24T08:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:44:26","slug":"watch-the-moment-jaylen-brown-buried-the-knicks-was-a-mazzulla-point-of-emphasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=36627","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: The moment Jaylen Brown buried the Knicks was a Mazzulla point of emphasis"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is what Celtics basketball is all about.<\/div>\n
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BOSTON \u2014 Things crumbled quickly on Sunday afternoon. Up by as many as 24, the Boston Celtics folded in the third quarter. In the opening moments of the fourth, the New York Knicks were within four points as a Karl-Anthony Towns three sent a wave of silence over TD Garden. But Jaylen Brown helped right the ship.<\/p>\n

Through the first three quarters, Brown was having a rough night. He was 5-of-12 from the field, turned the ball over twice, and picked up two fouls. It looked like he was out of the rhythm that usually makes him so effective. Yet Joe Mazzulla still went to a Jayson Tatum-less, Brown-led lineup for a large chunk of the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

And Brown delivered.<\/p>\n

Jaylen Brown buried the Knicks after a rough start, and Joe Mazzulla loved it<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A pair of Derrick White threes and an inbounds lob from Brown to Kristaps Porzingis pumped the Celtics\u2019 lead back up a bit. Jalen Brunson was out of the game for New York, so Boston had an opening.<\/p>\n

With 8:57 to go, the Celtics trotted back on defense after Porzingis\u2019 slam. They were up by 10 points, and the Knicks felt one possession away from being put to rest.<\/p>\n

The Celtics sprinted around defensively, completely shutting down the Knicks\u2019 offense. New York\u2019s possession ended in a Karl-Anthony Towns miss, and Brown sprinted in transition. He made a layup and Tom Thibodeau called one of the two timeouts he had leftover from a flurry of stoppages he was forced to call when the Celtics were pummeling them in the first half.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat play was big because I thought it kind of started what he was able to do for us in the second half,\u201d said Joe Mazzulla. \u201cHe just has the ability to do so much for us without scoring. He takes a lot of pride in that. So, that play was big for him, and you saw what he did in the second half. Just ending quarters, being defined by things other than scoring, things that impact winning, it’s important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mazzulla gave Brown a supercharged high-five as he headed back to the bench.<\/p>\n

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This entire bench was ready to explode onto the court after that Jaylen Brown layup pic.twitter.com\/TCp15jjI3A<\/a><\/p>\n

— Noa Dalzell \ud83c\udfc0 (@NoaDalzell) February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n