Jayson Tatum wasn’t the one injured star on the Celtics.
Jaylen Brown completed the season whereas taking part in via {a partially} torn proper meniscus, in accordance with a Saturday ESPN report.
Brown, 28, will reportedly endure analysis this week to see if he’ll want surgical procedure.
The four-time All-Star acquired ache injections in his knee starting in March, the outlet had beforehand reported.
Brown didn’t play through the Celtics’ last three video games of the common season because of the damage, however he was in a position to return for the playoffs, averaging 22.3 factors, 7.2 rebounds, and three.7 assists throughout their run.
The Celtics quest for back-to-back NBA championships ended after Friday’s 119-81 loss to the Knicks, during which Brown fouled out late within the third quarter.
Following the Sport 6 loss, Brown mentioned he had been coping with bodily points all through the sequence.
“I don’t make excuses,” he instructed reporters. “Obviously, it’s tough the way we went out like tonight, but the way we finished the year, personally, the way I finished the year, persevering through some physical stuff that I was battling through, I’m proud of our group.”
Brown additionally talked about how damage he was by being knocked out of the NBA layoffs.
“Losing to the Knicks, you know, feels like death,” he added after Friday’s loss. “But I was always taught there’s life after death.”
The Celtics misplaced Tatum, 27, throughout Sport 4 of their sequence towards the Knicks after rupturing his Achilles tendon late within the fourth quarter.
Tatum underwent surgical procedure in New York the next day, and he stayed to greet his teammates forward of the elimination sport.
“We didn’t talk about basketball at all,” teammate Payton Pritchard mentioned Friday morning after Celtics shootaround forward of Sport 6. “It’s bigger than basketball now. It’s just seeing how he is as a person, how he’s dealing with stuff. The basketball side, we’ll handle that. Just wanted to check in as a friend.”
“It was really good seeing him,” Pritchard added. “Seemed like he was in really good spirits. Obviously, he’s probably about to be stir crazy for a while now. When you see one of your brothers, your teammates go through a situation like that, you just want to be there to comfort and [do] anything he needs.”
