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Baxter Holmes
Boston-although the swingman Jaylen Brown of the Celtics Jaylen Brown refused to go into details about the bone bruise on his right knee, the MVP of the 2024 finals said after the practice of Saturday that he felt good and that he would not be in a restriction of minutes to go to the opening of Sunday against the playoff of Sunday against the magic of Orlando.
Brown’s knee is perhaps the biggest questioning sign of the Celtics that is directed to the first postseason game against the seventh magic planted on Sunday in TD Garden in Boston. Brown lost the last three games of the regular season and, as Ramona Shelburne from ESPN reported, he received knee pain injections to promote healing.
But Brown was a full participant in practice this week and was the last Celtics player to leave the court after the team’s team session.
“It looks good,” said the Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla. “He was able to do everything, without limitations. It has been great, physically, mentally, really preparing, ready to start. [I] I love the week he had. “
When asked about the injections, Brown said: “I’m not here to talk about my knee, boys. It’s what it is. I am focused on Orlando.”
Brown averaged 22.2 points per game this season for the Celtics, second in the team behind his partner All-Star Jayson Tatum’s 26.8.
The Celtics of 61 victories, the second team planted in East behind Cleveland, are trying to be the first team to repeat as champions from the Golden State Warriors 2017 and 2018.
Although they have 18 championships, the Celtics, the Celtics have not repeated since the 1960s, when they won eight consecutive with the Star Bill Russell center anchoring the medium.
Brown said he and his teammates understand expectations.
“Of course, we know what we are trying to achieve, but I think our mentality is just what is facing us, without looking down, not ignoring anyone,” Brown said. “Our goal is [Game 1]. That is the focus. Nothing else. Next week, not six weeks, not within 10 years. Only Sunday. “
