Jaylen Brown and Myles Turner got into a bit of a scuffle in Game 4 between the Boston Celtics and the Indiana Pacers on Monday. Brown shoved Turner after he barged into Derrick White and the Pacers big man responded by shoving him right back. Brown was asked about the incident postgame and threw shade at Turner.
“Myles is a good kid. Let’s start with that,” Brown said. “I think throughout the series, he loses control of his body a little bit and likes to throw his body around and we got the offensive foul but I just was letting him know, ‘Just watch it.’ And I don’t think it was nothing crazy, I didn’t push him extremely hard or nothing like that.
“But emotions is flying,” Brown continued. “He feels like he’s at home, he got his family watching and stuff. His girl was probably watching so he had to do something. But Myles is a good kid and I’ve known Myles a long time, we good friends, so it’s all love.”
(starts at 8:25 mark):
While Brown said it’s all love, that came across as quite the condescending statement to me. Maybe Turner won’t take it that way, considering they’re friends. In case you missed that incident on the court, you can check it out below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdR7x0NQHAM
I don’t think there was really a reason for Brown to shove Turner there. White himself didn’t take any issue with what happened in that play, which tells you all you need to know. Fortunately, the situation didn’t escalate and all that ended up happening was Brown and Turner being given a technical foul each.
The Celtics sure would be thankful that Brown didn’t do anything too rash there. The 27-year-old went on to score 10 points in the fourth quarter to help the Celtics come away with a 105-102 win.
That fourth-quarter outburst meant Brown ended up scoring a game-high 29 points to go with 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block. The three-time All-Star ensured that the Celtics swept the Pacers to advance to the NBA Finals, where they will face either the Dallas Mavericks or the Minnesota Timberwolves.
As for Turner, he finished with just 8 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 assist in this contest. The 28-year-old had two 20-point outings in the first three games of this series but failed to step up in Game 4.
Jaylen Brown No Longer Cares About Being Snubbed From All-NBA And All-Defensive Teams
Despite the Celtics finishing with a league-best 64-18 record, Brown did not make any of the All-NBA or All-Defensive teams. While he was rather upset about that at one point, Brown claims it is no longer something he cares about. (starts at the 5:07 mark in the above video):
“I think I’m one of the best two-way wings, guards, whatever you want to say, in this game,” Brown said. “I thought this year I’ve taken a level and I’ve increased it. I took the matchup, I picked up guys full-court, I chased guys off screens, I battled with bigs, and I felt like I should have been All-Defensive.
“That probably hurt me the most because that’s one of the things that I set out in this season that I wanted to be,” Brown continued. “But, you know, as time has gone by and I’ve gotten to this point, I stopped caring. I just embrace, I don’t care who sees what, as long as my team knows my value, my city knows my value, my family, that’s all I really care about.”
The Celtics sure know his value at this point. Brown finished this series against the Pacers with averages of 29.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.0 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game and was named Eastern Conference Finals MVP.
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