Jaylen Brown after Boston Celtics Game 3 win: You have got to beat us four times
Jaylen Brown after Boston Celtics Game 3 win: You have got to beat us four times
"You have got to beat us four times, there is a lot of basketball to be played," said Jaylen Brown after the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 115-93 in Game 3 of their 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals second round series held at Madison Square Garden on Saturday (May 10) night.
The Celtics infamously fell into a 0-2 series hole after blowing a 20-point lead in both Games 1 and 2 of the East Semis series, and faced falling into the 0-3 series deficit from which no team in the history of the NBA has emerged victorious in the postseason. But a return to the style of play that brought a title to Boston last summer prevented that calamitous outcome for the Celtics. Postgame, Brown have his take of why that was.
The folks behind the "NBC Sports Boston" YouTube channel put together a clip of that interview for us to watch later. Check it out below!
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