Jaylen Brown, who had 25 points and 4 rebounds, led his team to a 13-point Game 5 win, helping the Celtics go 3-2 up in the ECF.
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Yet another Eastern Conference Finals game, and yet another one-sided affair. This time, the Boston Celtics led Game 5 by as many as 23 points and eventually won the low-scoring contest 93-80 after 4 lead changes and 3 ties. It was a great performance by the tandem of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum that put the team on their back and helped them go up 3-2 in the series.
Jayson Tatum, who played 44:26 minutes, finished the night with a solid 22-point, 12-rebound, and 9-assist near triple-double.
Whereas, Brown started off the game pretty slow – recording merely 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, and all of his 4 turnovers in the first half on a horrid 28.6% shooting from the field. But the swingman had quite a turnaround in the second half.
As JJ Redick suggests, JB must’ve seen all the trolls mocking his first-half performance, and decided to bounce back.
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“First half was shit. Threw it away. Came out and played basketball in the second half.”: Jaylen Brown
The 25-year-old Jaylen went on to score 19 points, and record 0 turnovers in the second half as he shot the ball at an extremely efficient 66.7% from the field and 60% from beyond the arc.
Oh, and by the way, the All-Star had this jaw-dropping dunk in the fourth period.
Finishing the night with 25/4/1 and a game-high plus-minus of +20, NBA Twitter lauded Brown.
When asked about his turnaround in the second half, all JB said was:
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The Celtics are only a game away from making it to their first NBA Finals appearance since the 2010 playoffs. Tatum and co. will aim to win Game 6 at the TD Garden and be crowned the Eastern Conference Champions.
