“The energy is about to shift… all over the place.”
That’s what I imagine Jaylen Brown said with a little under eight minutes left in the game before executing what I can only describe as the “I’m not trying to rip your arm off… but I’m not overly upset if that ends up happening” move on Duncan Robinson.
I’m not an NBA referee, but I was shocked that Brown was only assessed for a Flagrant 1 rather than a Flagrant 2, which would have led to an ejection. I don’t think subjective-injury-risk is in the NBA handbook when figuring out the severity of a flagrant, but that was an extremely dangerous play and everyone was fortunate Robinson was able to do a few shoulder rolls and shake it off.