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Jaylen Brown played this game for a close friend that died
« on: November 16, 2017, 11:02:26 PM »

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https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/7deymi/jaylen_browns_close_friend_apparently_passed_away/

He looked extra energized tonight, didn't see this til after the game.

He certainly has shown he is ready to play against the league's best.

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Re: Jaylen Brown played this game for a close friend that died
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Turned game around singlehandedly in third quarter. Really happy for him. Just a great show of will power.

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Turned game around singlehandedly in third quarter. Really happy for him. Just a great show of will power.

He did. He was amazing. Never seen him this focused before

If he can play like this consistently

He is the next Leonard

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jaylen came of age today....big stones to get us back in with his aggression.

I think we look back on this as a watershed game for him, perhaps in his career.

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It looks like Jaylen Brown yet again carried the offense?  Kid has been unbelievable in that regard this season.
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It looks like Jaylen Brown yet again carried the offense?  Kid has been unbelievable in that regard this season.

He and All Star Al who played incredible defense down the stretch for us. 

If you missed it, highly recommend rewatching at least the entire second half.

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« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2017, 12:05:38 AM »

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It looks like Jaylen Brown yet again carried the offense?  Kid has been unbelievable in that regard this season.

He and All Star Al who played incredible defense down the stretch for us. 

If you missed it, highly recommend rewatching at least the entire second half.

Thanks.  I'm planning to watch the whole game on nbahd.net tomorrow.  Pretty sweet win.
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Jaylen's friend who passed ended up being the guy he played 1v1 against in the practice facility, not sure who all watched that on Twitter.

Jaylen playing makes you wonder about the Celtics organization and its fans. We see players miss games to grieve the loss of a loved one, and that's ok, but when I think of IT and now Jaylen they both played immediately. I think that's a testament to the culture, the coach, the front office, and the fans. These guys don't want to miss games, and they know it'd be more therapeutic to play rather than sit out. I am proud to be a Celtic fan!

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After the game last night, I saw the C's players hugging.

Sure it was a big win, but it reminded me a little of Magic Johnson's overreaction to his first NBA regular season win, where I'm like c'mon guys, act like you've been here before, this is just a regular season game, etc.

Watching these Jaylen Brown highlights though, I now realize the C's weren't hugging in celebration, but more hugging Jaylen in condolences.  A touching moment now that I realize what was going on.


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I don’t know how he did it .
I lost army friends when I was 21 (20 years ago).
It took me a while to get back to function normally .

I’m really impressed with how mature he is mentally .