Derrick White was the leading vote-getter among NBA guards for Defensive Player of the Year.
He finished 6th overall in the voting, earning two second-place votes and seven third-place votes.
Asked Jaylen Brown what his message was to the young guys on the roster who effectively made their playoff debuts tonight:
“Just breathe. Manage your emotions. They might go on a run. They might not go on a run, but just stay together. Win the fight. Be a hard-player team and guard. Don’t save yourself for offense. Offense is going to be fine if we defend — that was my message.”
Joe Mazzulla on Nikola Vucevic:
“We're not asking him to score, we’re asking him to play basketball…he protected the rim and kept Drummond and Bona off the glass”
LeBron talks about Tatum and Brown:
“JT & JB are both great players, battle tested, champions, and they both feel like at any given night, I’m the best player in the world.”
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BIG shout-out to Jaylen Brown ☘️
He got team-high 41 points against the Suns, and came up clutch for the Celtics. That's his 6th 40-point game this season (third most in the NBA). Gotta appreciate his career-high 19-21 free throw shooting as well.
"The Boston Celtics are coming out of the Eastern conference. ... The way that Jayson Tatum has looked since returning from that Achilles injury… I'm looking at [them] and I'm saying this duo right here is proven."
—Kendrick Perkins
(via @FirstTake)
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