Jaylen Brown definitely let off some steam from last season’s Eastern Conference Finals on Friday.
Brown and the Boston Celtics defeated the rival Miami Heat at TD Garden by a 119-111 final. It was the first meeting between the two teams since last year’s playoffs (where the Heat eliminated the Celtics in seven games).
The multi-time All-Star Brown was especially potent on the offensive end for Boston, finishing with 27 points on three triples (including 12 points in a decisive fourth quarter for the Celtics). During one particular sequence in the fourth quarter, Brown got Heat guard Kyle Lowry isolated in the mid-post and committed a 7-on-7 crime. Brown easily scored the turnaround fallaway on Lowry and hit him with the “too small” gesture afterwards.
Way too little. pic.twitter.com/K5H40VUH4k
— Pull up shoot (@NElGHT_) October 28, 2023
We have seen some NBA players choose ridiculous times to troll opponents with the popular “too small” gesture. But this certainly wasn’t one of them as the 6-foot-0 Lowry had zero chance there against the 6-foot-6 Brown.
Brown has a whole lot to prove to his many critics this season. But so far, so good as the Celtics are off to a 2-0 start with Brown averaging a cool 19-6-3 line in the early going.
