Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown is proving his teacher wrong after she predicted he would end up in county jail. The Celtics surprised Milwaukee in Game 1 mostly thanks to respective double-doubles from Kyrie Irving and Al Horford, while Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets to open the series.
The rise of Jaylen Brown
Jaylen Brown contributed to the Boston Celtics’ win over the Milwaukee Bucks with 19 points and he shared an interesting tweet from five years ago, saying that his teacher predicted he will end up in county jail in five years. However, Brown is playing his third NBA season and competes in the playoffs, making a point to his former teacher.
Five years later, Jaylen Brown is in his 3rd NBA season and competing in the playoffs 👏 pic.twitter.com/S0hGywvWwt
— ESPN (@espn) April 28, 2019
Cuban on the side to side fouls
Dallas Mavericks’ owner, Mark Cuban, is known for his antics and interesting opinions. This time around, he took on the NBA to say it’s league’s stupidity for allowing the side to side foul and that it’s their obligation to get rid of it.
It’s on the @nba competition committee to get rid of the side to side foul. The defender has every right to the space. Offensive players are smart enough to take advantage of this. It’s not on the refs. It’s league stupidity
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) April 28, 2019
Celtics paid respect to Havlicek
The Boston Celtics wore the No. 17 patch on their jerseys in a Game 1 win over Milwaukee Bucks to pay tribute to their late legend John Havlicek. Another Celtics’ legend and Hall of Famer, Bill Russell, was very happy to see that touching move and hopes Havlicek will get his place in the rafters.
How nice to see the tribute to #17 John Havlicek from the @celtics. Let’s see another banner in those rafters for John. #Celtics are playing some good ball today. #CUsRise #NBAPlayoffs2019 #NBAPlayoffs @nba pic.twitter.com/PyUJXvwrOw
— TheBillRussell (@RealBillRussell) April 28, 2019
Durant with 35 points in a win
Kevin Durant led the Golden State Warriors in a 104-100 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the Western Conference semis with 35 points, passing the legendary Larry Bird 11th on the NBA Playoffs all-time career scoring list in the process.
Kevin Durant drops 35 PTS in the Warriors GM1 win vs the Rockets.
He also passed Larry Bird for 11th on the #NBAPlayoffs all-time career scoring list!
(Via @NBATV)pic.twitter.com/QdPxs82NoL
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) April 28, 2019
Horford comes up big in a victory
Al Horford played a vital role in the Boston Celtics’ 112-90 road victory over Milwaukee Bucks in the opening game of Round 2 as he contributed with a double-double of 20 points and 11 boards along with a game-high three rejections.
👏 @Al_Horford (20 PTS, 11 REB, 3 BLK) comes up big in the @celtics Game 1 road W! #Celtics #NBAPlayoffs
Game 2: Tuesday (4/30), 8pm/et, TNT pic.twitter.com/slgZ8P5xWN
— NBA (@NBA) April 28, 2019
