Bruce Brown supplied bulletin-board content for the Celtics and Kevin Durant tried out to erase it.
Soon right after the Nets punched their ticket into the main attract of the playoffs, Brown took to some degree of a shot at the greater seed, expressing the absence of Boston huge male Robert Williams (torn meniscus) would make it much easier for the seventh seed.
“Now they really don't have Robert Williams, so they have much less of a existence in the paint,” Brown explained after the Nets’ 115-108 get around the eighth-seeded Cavaliers in the play-in event. “We can attack Al Horford and [Daniel] Theis. Them not having Robert Williams is substantial.”
Durant didn’t like his teammate offering their opponent any excess ammunition. Durant walked into the media room following pouring in 25 points alongside with 11 assists and requested reporters what Brown stated.
“That’s caffeine pleasure chatting,” Durant mentioned when instructed of Brown’s responses. “They bought two dudes that can do the exact same things. It ain’t gonna be that straightforward, I’ll explain to you that.”
Later, Durant extra: “We regard our opponent. We do not have to discuss about what we’re heading to do to them. I just really don't like that. But which is just how Bruce is. He arrives in and he keeps the exact electricity through the period. But we really don't need to say s–t like that. Let’s just go out there and hoop.”
A single thing Brown and Durant did agree on was how vital it will be to gradual down Jayson Tatum. The Celtics’ star wing averaged a shade below 27 factors for each video game this yr, and posted job-bests of 8. rebounds, 4.4 assists and 6.2 cost-free throws. He obliterated the Nets for 54 details in a property victory on March 6.
“S–t, that’s a hard issue,” Durant said, right after he was asked how the Nets can limit Tatum. “He’s a person of those people players in which you have just gotta engage in tricky and see what takes place. He’s just so gifted, skilled and effective with what he does. You have received to just play tricky and I count on us to.”
Brown, a Boston native, is searching ahead to the finest-of-seven series. He was donning a Boston shirt in his postgame press convention in honor of Terrence Clarke, the NBA hopeful from Boston who died very last April when getting ready for the NBA draft in Los Angeles.
“Definitely searching forward to it,” Brown mentioned. “I love Boston. I like remaining there. My loved ones, my dad, will be there. I just cannot wait.”
When Kyrie Irving crossed paths with Brown in the push-conference space and observed the shirt, he shook his head.
“It’s for T. Clarke,” defined Brown, who experienced 18 factors, nine rebounds and 8 helps.
“It’s for T. Clarke? My lousy,” Irving responded. “OK, Okay, my fault.”
Irving was not the only Nets player who experienced to apologize Tuesday night it seems.
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