Sixers' Jaylen Brown reacts to 1st matchup with Jayson Tatum, Celtics
For obvious reasons, it was a big matchup that featured Jaylen Brown facing Jayson Tatum and the Celtics for the first time after 10 years in Boston and the return of Paul George after two seasons in Philadelphia.
Key points
- JAYLEN BROWN SOUNDS LIKE A 'SORE LOSER' AFTER BLAMING EMBIID FOR CELTICS' COLLAPSE Seconds before tip-off Tuesday night in Philly, Tatum walked over and tapped Brown on the chest to say hello.
- The leadup to the matchup was then heightened when Tatum and Brown had a back-and-forth in the media with Brown admitting there's no beef between the two of them, but he then used the famed lamb chops and gravy line to describe the relationship between the two of them.
- In the first matchup of the season, Brown fell short as he finished with 13 points, four fouls, four turnovers, and was a minus-27 in 25 minutes as the Celtics cruised to a 123-101 win.
Former Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown confronted ex-running mate Jayson Tatum at a dinner table in France last June over their future in Boston, and that bad blood finally resurfaced on the hardwood Tuesday night.
Additional details
- Obviously, a lot has been said between the two of them recently so maybe that could have been a factor, but Brown was adamant that his focus was on the task at hand which was to perform for the Sixers.
- But it might be a little lambchops and some gravy." Drafted third overall in back-to-back drafts (Brown in 2016, Tatum in 2017), the duo reached five conference finals, two NBA Finals and won the 2024 NBA title.
- Charania reported that Brown approached and confronted Tatum at the dinner table specifically to address their future as a tandem and gauge where Tatum stood on the entire situation.
- They executed, shot the hell out of the ball." As far as Tatum is concerned, he did try and greet Brown before tipoff, but Brown appeared to ignore him a bit.
- PHILADELPHIA -- Tuesday's matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics was circled the moment the schedule was announced way back in August.
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