Jaylen Marselles Brown is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. He played one year of college basketball for the California Golden Bears, being named first-team all-conference and Freshman of the Year in the Pac-12 Conference.
Jaylen Brown: Autism| Turnovers tonight| Turnovers
Autism:
Jaylen Brown is one the most intelligent and interesting young athletes I’ve met in years and it seems fitting that, midway through our interview in Boston, he should retell a parable that brings together Martin Luther King and the great American writer David Foster Wallace.
“We’ve got two young fish swimming one way and an older fish swimming the other way,” the 21-year-old star of the Boston Celtics says as he considers the enduring backdrop of race in the United States.
Turnovers tonight:
Jaylen Brown dropped 40 points on the Miami Heat in Game 3, but one unflattering stat had him leaving TD Garden unsatisfied with his performance.
The Boston Celtics star turned the ball over a game-high seven times in Saturday night’s 109-103 loss. Asked after the game how he can prevent those turnover issues going forward, Brown didn’t hold back in his response.
Turnovers:
“They let a lot of stuff go tonight,” he said. “Especially when I feel like I drive and I get to the basket, I feel like it’s two hands on me all the time. I never get those hand-checking calls but I don’t make excuses. We get better. I did a s–t job taking care of the basketball today. I’ve got to do better.”
Brown was far from the only Celtic with turnover issues. Jayson Tatum was right behind him with six on the night, and he only contributed 10 points on 3-of-14 shooting. Boston turned the ball over a whopping 23 times as a team. Miami scored 33 points off those turnovers, and that proved to be the difference-maker.
Brown and the C’s will look to bounce back and even the series at 2-2 on Monday. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET.
