Final 12 months, the Celtics adopted a 4-1 preseason document with a 64-18 common season and a dominant 16-3 within the playoffs to ultimately elevate Banner 18.
However that is all previously now.
A thunderous dunk within the second quarter appeared to point two issues without delay. The Celtics will get their rings on Opening Evening on October 22, however Jaylen Brown appeared to concurrently slam the door on final 12 months’s championship and sound the beginning gun on the 2024-2025 marketing campaign.
“We’re positively getting again in season type, simply discovering that continuity once more,” Brown stated.
Just like the staff, Brown’s begin to the brand new 12 months got here in matches and begins. He completed with 8 factors and two assists and he is aware of there’s nonetheless loads of work earlier than the video games begin to matter. And it’s not nearly him. Regardless of profitable Jap Convention Finals MVP and NBA Finals MVP, Brown emphasised that basketball is performed five-on-five and credited the second and third models to discovering a technique to win ultimately.
“We had some good spots defensively. We made some good performs. Offensively, we acquired some beauty. A few of them didn’t go down as a result of [we’re] getting used to working up and down the court docket and enjoying in opposition to competitors, and so forth.,” Brown stated. “There’s loads of pleasure right here in Abu Dhabi as effectively, so I believe the subsequent sport, we’ll be higher. Simply hold constructing nice habits. It’s going to be the important thing for all preseason and simply hold profitable every day, profitable someday at a time.”
The Celtics and Nuggets will wrap up their International Video games exhibition tomorrow morning at 7 am EST.
