BOSTON — Jaylen Brown shared a constructive harm replace after the Celtics’ observe on Saturday, noting that he’s trending towards 100% after battling a knee harm within the second half of the season.
“I feel I’m beginning to flip the curve,” Brown mentioned. “Structurally, every little thing is okay. I’ve had another stuff occurring, however I feel I’m sort of trending in the appropriate route.”
Jaylen Brown with a constructive harm replace, says he thinks he’s trending towards 100%:
“I feel I’m beginning to flip the curve. Structurally, every little thing is okay. I’ve had another stuff occurring, however I feel I’m trending in the appropriate route.”
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Brown had an elite first-round collection, averaging 23 factors on 49.4% capturing — together with 44.4% from three and 84.4% from the road. His finest sport got here in Sport 2, wherein he exploded for 36 factors on 12-19 capturing with Jayson Tatum sidelined.
“He’s simply been super in all areas,” Mazzulla mentioned after the collection ended. “And once more, he has the power to take it to a different degree — mentally and bodily.”
Jrue Vacation stays day-to-day after lacking three video games
Jrue Vacation, in the meantime, stays day-to-day with a proper hamstring pressure that held him out of the ultimate three video games of the primary spherical of the playoffs.
Vacation practiced on Friday, as seen in a video clip the Celtics posted, and Joe Mazzulla had a constructive harm replace on him too.
“He was capable of do every little thing that we labored on,” Joe Mazzulla mentioned. “He’s getting higher every single day.”
The Celtics face the Knicks in Sport 1 of the second spherical of the NBA playoffs on Monday, Could fifth at 7pm ET.
