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It seems that the Boston Celtics are starting to figure things out after struggling for the majority of the season. They made quick work of the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the playoffs and are already hyped about facing the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Each individual from the team is starting to understand their role and has seemingly accepted whatever responsibilities are given to them on both ends of the floor.
As mentioned earlier though, that wasn't the case during the regular season. Before they secured the fourth seed in the East, Boston was extremely inconsistent. There were stretches when they played like championship contenders, and there were instances that they lose to some of the worst teams in the league.
A couple of months ago, there was a game where the Celtics lost to the Orlando Magic, and Kyrie Irving went off during the postgame interview and called out some of his younger teammates for not knowing how to play championship level basketball.
Celtics forward Jaylen Brown admitted that he was one of the players who had to take the blame during the team's struggles. But instead of getting demoralized, the third-year player used it as a motivation to get better.
“Somebody has to take the blame, somebody has to be the scapegoat,” Brown said, per Chris Forsberg of NBC Sports. “Early in the season, I guess I was a part of that, or one of those scapegoats,” Brown But I didn’t really look at it as a negative thing, I looked at it as, ‘OK, I’m going to play better, so nobody can say anything.'”
As the season progressed, JaylenBrown has regained his confidence and became an integral part of the Celtics rotation. He's arguably one of the best two-way players on the squad because of his tenacity on defense and ability to score when needed.
It is safe to say that finally, Brown's hard work is paying off.
When the Celtics face the Bucks on Sunday, Brown will be tasked to defend MVP frontrunner Giannis Antetokounmpo. He's already said he's looking forward to the opportunity, and he'll just let his game do the rest for him.
