Jaylen Brown Speaks After Game 2 | May 7, 2025

Jaylen Brown Speaks After Game 2 | May 7, 2025

>> JAYLEN WITH THE WAY THESE FIRST TWO GAMES UNFOLDED AND NOW GOING BACK TO NEW YORK DOWN TWO NOTHING. WHAT WILL YOU GUYS LEAN ON AS YOU TRY TO TURN THIS SERIES AROUND. >> EACH OTHER? IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHAT WE MADE OF. OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN’T LIKE TO BE IN THIS POSITION, BUT WE’RE HERE NOW. SO WE GOT TO RESPOND. >> JAYLEN 20 BUT WHEN BRUNSON HITS THE SECOND FREE THROW, WERE YOU SURPRISED YOU GUYS DIDN’T CALL A TIME OUT AND THEN YOU STILL HAD THE TIMEOUT WHEN JASON LOOKS LIKE HE WAS STOPPED ON THE DRIVE. >> YEAH I MEAN THAT’S JUST HOW THE GAME WENT. I GUESS. YOU KNOW THEY MADE A TOUGH DEFENSIVE READ AT THE END. AND YEAH, WE JUST WASN’T ABLE TO CONVERT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THAT’S WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO. OUR DEFENSE I THOUGHT WAS GREAT. WE HAD PHYSICALITY. WE HAD ENERGY ON DEFENSE. OUR OFFENSE LED US DOWN. >> JAYLEN YOU GUYS ARE THE DEFENDING CHAMPS. YOU’RE THESE ARE THE GAMES YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO YOU KNOW YOU’RE UP 20. YOU’RE UP 12 WITH SIX MINUTES TO GO. YOU GO 8.5 MINUTES OR SO WITHOUT SCORING A BASKET I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT LIKE THIS IS YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO FIND WAYS TO SCORE. THESE ARE THE MOMENTS THAT THEY’RE THE ONES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY’RE PLAYING WITH THE POISE AND YOU GUYS AREN’T. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT’S HAPPENED NOW? TWO GAMES IN A ROW AT HOME? >> I’M NOT SURE WE’VE DONE WE’VE GOTTEN TO GREAT STARTS. WE GUARDED, WE PLAYED PHYSICAL WITH ENERGY TODAY TO START THE FOURTH QUARTER, I THOUGHT WE GOT LIKE 4 OR 5 GREAT LOOKS IN A ROW THAT DIDN’T GO IN. AND MAYBE THAT AFFECTED US. BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT’S DONE IS DONE. NOW WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT WE MADE OF AND, YOU KNOW, COME OUT AND TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. GAME THREE. >> WE TALK ABOUT HABITS BEING BUILT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF A SEASON. LAST YEAR, YOU GUYS BUILT THE HABIT. YOU FOUND WAYS TO WIN CLOSE GAMES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE REGULAR SEASON THAT CARRIED THROUGH THIS YEAR. YOU GUYS WEREN’T WINNING THOSE CLOSE GAMES EARLIER IN THE SEASON. NOW IT’S KIND OF FEELS LIKE IT’S COMING BACK TO BITE YOU GUYS. IS THERE ANY KIND OF LIKE LOOK BACK ON WHAT YOU GUYS WENT THROUGH EARLIER? IS THAT KIND OF CARRYING OVER INTO THE POSTSEASON AT ALL? >> YEAH, I MEAN THE REGULAR SEASON IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. SO THAN THE PLAYOFFS OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD SEE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW WE JUST HAD THE ABILITY TO MAKE PLAYS TONIGHT. AND WE DIDN’T. ME AND JASON DEREK WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT LOOKS AND WE JUST GOT TO CONVERT. YOU KNOW WE GOT TO MAKE PLAYS. WE JUST DIDN’T MAKE PLAYS TONIGHT. AND THAT WAS THE STORY OF THE GAME. YOU KNOW OUR DEFENSE DID ENOUGH. WE GOT SOME GREAT OPEN LOOKS. YOU KNOW WE GOT TO CONVERT THOSE. >> JAYLEN YOU TOOK A MOMENT KIND OF AT YOUR LOCKER THERE IN THE LOCKER ROOM. JUST WONDERING KIND OF WHAT YOUR PROCESSING IN THAT MOMENT. IF YOU CAN SHARE. >> AN IDEAL SITUATION. YOU KNOW BEING DOWN ZERO TWO. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT’S DONE IS DONE. WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE’RE READY TO COME OUT, MAKE SURE MY GUYS ARE READY TO COME OUT. GAME THREE. I THINK WE DO FOR A LOT OF MAKES, I THINK THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAD A LOT OF GREAT SHOTS TONIGHT THAT ONCE AGAIN DIDN’T GO IN. WE JUST GOT TO, YOU KNOW, RELAX, TAKE A DEEP BREATH. COME OUT, PLAY CELTIC BASKETBALL. WE CAN JUST LIKE WE DOWN ZERO TWO. WE CAN TIE THIS THING BACK UP. >> AND JAYLEN JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THAT. HOW DO YOU REBOUND MENTALLY FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WHEN THE GAMES KIND OF END AND VERY SIMILAR WAYS. AND CAN YOU TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH THE GUYS IN THAT. >> YEAH OBVIOUSLY YOU TAKE TONIGHT YOU KNOW EVERYBODY’S GOING TO FEEL YOU KNOW YOU KNOW A TYPE OF WAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW KIND OF THE RESULT. AND YOU KNOW WE GET TOGETHER WE LOOK AT THE FILM. WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND WE DO WHAT IT TAKES. WE DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. WE GIVE IT OUR ALL. AND THAT’S THE, THAT’S THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. BUT LIKE A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT WE CAN CONTROL, I FEEL LIKE WE PLAYED A LITTLE BIT FAST AND SPED UP A LITTLE ANTSY, YOU KNOW, JUST IT’S A ROUGH NIGHT. >> JAYLEN. WHAT’S HAPPENED LIKE THE LAST SIX MINUTES. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE’S KIND OF AN MOMENT. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEN HERE COMES BRUNSON AND THEY’RE CLOSING OUT GAMES. AND HE’S A CLOSER I MEAN HOW DO YOU KIND OF AVOID THAT HAPPENING AGAIN WHERE YOU’RE JUST YOU’RE JUST LOOKING FROM BEHIND. YOU KNOW YOU’RE TURNING YOUR HEAD AND LOOKING AT THEM TRYING TO CATCH YOU AS OPPOSED TO JUST TRYING TO FINISH THE RACE. >> YEAH. I MEAN, JUST PLAY BASKETBALL. THAT’S IT. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS IT. JUST CONVERT. I FELT LIKE WE GOT SOME GREAT LOOKS, YOU KNOW AT TIMES. YOU KNOW, JUST BE POISED, TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND JUST GO OUT THERE AND DO WHAT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO DO. I YOU KNOW WE GOT TO BE BETTER TO CLOSE GAMES AND WE GOT TO LEARN AND RESPOND FAST. SO THAT’S THE KEY. YOU KNOW, SHIFT YOUR MENTALITY, SHIFT YOUR FOCUS. WHAT’S IN THE PAST IS OVER WITH. YOU KNOW, LET IT STING A LITTLE BIT AND THEN DO WHATEVER IT TAKES, YOU KNOW. GAME THREE. >> LAST GAME. AND THEN JACK. >> JAYLEN JUST KIND OF OFF OF THAT. YOU GUYS HAVE FACED A LOT OF CHALLENGES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS A GROUP. EVEN GOING FURTHER BACK WITH THAT, THIS MIGHT BE YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS GROUP THAT TELLS YOU YOU CAN GET RIGHT BACK INTO THE SERIES? >> YEAH. RESILIENCY. TOUGHNESS. WE GOT A GREAT A GREAT GROUP THAT STAYED TOGETHER THROUGH IT ALL. YOU KNOW. SO THESE ARE THE MOMENTS WHERE WE NEED TO SHOW OUR RESILIENCY. WE NEED TO SHOW OUR TOUGHNESS OUR MENTAL TOUGHNESS. BECAUSE WE CAN WE CAN GET BACK IN THIS THING NO QUESTION. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW BEING DOWN ZERO TWO IT SUCKS. BUT YOU KNOW WE GOT A GREAT GROUP. AND IF I HAD TO SELECT ANY GUYS THAT CAN GET IT DONE, IT’S THE GROUP. IT’S THE GROUP THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LOCKER ROOM. WE JUST GOT TO COME OUT, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE POISED. YOU KNOW, TAKE A DEEP BREATH, CONVERT OUR OPPORTUNITIES. WE MISSED LAYUPS EASY BASKETS YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. AND TAKE ADVANTAGE. YOU KNOW TWO GAMES WE UP 20 POINTS SOMEHOW END UP NOT WITH WINS. IT’S INEXCUSABLE. BUT WE’RE GOING TO WE’RE GOING TO LEARN FROM IT. WE’RE GOING TO RESPOND. >> JAYLEN. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD AT LEAVING THE PAST IN THE PAST AND NOT LETTING IT AFFECT THE FUTURE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE YOU JUST SAID, LIKE YOU LOSE TWO GAMES LIKE THIS, THERE’S SOME SORT OF NATURAL FRUSTRATION THAT MIGHT SEEP IN. IS THERE ANY WAY TO LIKE, HARNESS THAT AND PUT IT IN, OR IS IT COMPLETELY JUST THE SAME MENTALITY OF LEAVING THE PAST? LIKE, WHAT’S THAT SORT OF BALANCE? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED GUYS PROCESSING THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BUT LIKE AS A TEAM. >> YOU DEFINITELY IT SHOULD STING. LET IT STING, LET IT LET IT STING FOR THE NIGHT. AND THEN TOMORROW’S A NEW DAY. YOU MOVE FORWARD. SHORT TERM MEMORY GOING INTO A TOUGH NEW YORK ENVIRONMENT. YOU KNOW WE DON’T HAVE TIME TO DWELL ON THE PAST. THE NEXT FOCUS IS GAME THREE, SO

The Knicks ended the game on a 23-6 run to defeat the Boston Celtics 91-90. Josh Hart led the Knicks with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists as Karl-Anthony Towns added 21 points and 17 rebounds. Derrick White led the Celtics with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

The Knicks now lead the best-of-seven series 2-0. Game 3 will take place on Saturday, May 10 at 3:30 p.m. EST on ABC.

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