Jaylen Brown dishes why he spent pre-Finals downtime watching Harry Potter: "I don’t have a family"
Jaylen Brown is one of the best players in the NBA and as far as his personal life is concerned, the Boston Celtics star is single. While the Celtics players spent time with their families and girlfriends after the conference finals, Brown spent his time watching movies.
The gap between the Eastern Conference finals' last game [May 26] and the NBA Finals Game 1 [June 6] was big. "Good Morning America" asked Brown about how he spent the downtime. The Celtics star said he was single, so he spent his time watching "Harry Porter."
“That’s probably been the hardest thing because there has been so much time. It’s been almost 10 days and a lot of our guys probably spent time with their family and stuff like that but I don’t have a family. I am single so, I have been binge-watching Harry Potter,” Brown said.
The reporter asked Brown to name the character he most identifies with. He mentioned Prof. Albus Dumbledore and said he would like to have a beard like him. He added that he also identifies with Hermione Granger as she is smart and appreciates her ability to keep the team together.
Jaylen Brown was the star of the Celtics' playoff run to the NBA Finals. He won the Eastern Conference finals MVP after sweeping the Indiana Pacers.
Jaylen Brown warns Celtics teammates after Game 1 win in NBA Finals
The Boston Celtics were in absolute domination mode against the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. They outplayed a strong Mavericks team led by Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic and won 107-89.
However, Jaylen Brown is not yet comfortable despite his team's promising start in the finals. After the game, when Brown entered the locker room, he urged his teammates not to lose focus and keep their eyes on the prize. Brown reminded his teammates that they still had three more games to win.
"Don't get cute fellas," Brown said. "Come on. That's just one game."
The Celtics dominated the Mavericks on both ends of the floor. They had as much as a 29-point lead at one point in the second quarter. Despite holding the Celtics to just 47.6% shooting from the floor, the Mavericks could not get close to taking the game away from Boston.
At one point in the third quarter, the Mavs behind Doncic had cut the lead to eight points. However, Brown and Jayson Tatum came out in attacking mode after the timeout to lead the Celtics to a comfortable win.