After the Celtics dropped Game 4 to the 76ers on Sunday, Jaylen Brown raised some eyebrows when he said he needed to “demand the ball a little bit more.”
Brown’s comments came in response to a query about his performance in the second half, when he took just five shots – none of which came in overtime. Brown started the game red-hot from the field and scored 12 of the Celtics’ first 14 points, but he was relatively quiet the rest of the way, finishing with 23 points.
The Celtics rely heavily on their two stars – Brown and Jayson Tatum – and when one of those stars is off, it can throw the balance of the team out of whack.