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Jaylen Brown continues to manage his knee injury as he admitted he was in some pain against the Heat on Wednesday.
The Boston Celtics lost to the Miami Heat at TD Garden on Wednesday night to break a nine-game winning streak. Reigning Finals MVP Jaylen Brown returned after missing the team's previous game with a knee injury, scoring 24 points on 10-of-20 shooting.
Jaylen Brown detailed how he's dealing with a nagging knee injury that caused him some pain during the Celtics' loss to the Heat on Wednesday.
Brown has been dealing with a nagging knee injury. It's something that he has had to deal with for most of the season. While Brown has been able to manage it so far, he is on the injury report ahead of this game against the Heat. He is listed as questionable due to right knee posterior impingement. He will play in this game.
The Celtics have been red hot lately, but as they entered this contest, their star guard, Jaylen Brown, was on the injury report. Brown landed on their injury report with a knee issue listed as questionable.
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SB Nation on MSNCeltics-Heat Notebook: Jaylen Brown discusses knee injury management, Luke Kornet a bright spot in lossLuke Kornet, who started in this one, was the only player on the roster to finish with a positive +/-. Kornet scored 14 points on 7-9 shooting and grabbed 6 rebounds in 21 minutes. Brown has been impressed with Kornet’s performance this season.
Throughout the season, Brown has been an integral piece for the Celtics, averaging 22.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 46.1 percent from the field and 31.9 percent from three across 59 appearances, logging 34.9 minutes per contest.
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Celtics Wire on MSNShould we be worried about star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown's knee injury?Just how worried ought we to be about Brown's health with the postseason so close and his knee clearly an issue?
Ahead of their game against the Phoenix Suns, the Celtics announced that Brown is questionable to play because of a right knee posterior impingement, per Noa Dalzell of SB Nation.