Jaylen Brown said the Celtics defense fell short. Mitchell got wherever he wanted. Now the series is tied going to Cleveland.
BOSTON — wanted to make it clear. This was unacceptable. Another Game 2 loss on their home court, where the faced an opponent that was hot from 3 and had a playmaker who got anywhere he wanted. “It’s the playoffs, that can’t happen. I don’t care if you’re missing shots, you’ve got to guard the guy on the other end,” Brown said. “That allows you to miss more shots if you’re playing defense. But you can’t miss shots and then allow them to make shots at the other end. That was unacceptable.
But Cleveland came back out and solved that coverage immediately. As spent much of the game failing to get clean looks over , Mitchell’s flow of play looked effortless at times. But when asked whether watching Mitchell thrive in his comfort zone compounded Tatum’s frustration, the Celtics star didn’t want to make it about him. “I don’t get into the one-on-one matchup, trying to outscore the other team’s best player,” Tatum said. “Just trying to focus on winning a championship.
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