(Photo : Justin Casterline/Getty Images) INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – MAY 27: Jaylen Brown #7 of the Boston Celtics fouls T.J. McConnell #9 of the Indiana Pacers during the fourth quarter in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 27, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The dust has settled in the war between the Boston Celtics and the Indiana Pacers with the former lording over their opponents in just four games.
Some Pacers fans still cannot get over the game though as they believe the results would have been different it Jaylen Brown’s hard foul on TJ McConnell was judged fairly.
Brown hit the Pacers guard in the face as they were both going for the rebound in the 7:43 mark of the fourth quarter where Indiana lead, 94-88.
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McConnell fell back first on the ground and took a long while before getting up. Referees ruled it was just a common foul.
Some think it should have been a flagrant foul since it was a hit above the shoulder.
While screenshots make the foul look intense, Brown dismissed insisting it was just a common foul.
He said that he and McConnell talk a lot and there is no bad blood between them.
He also explained that he was just playing hard against a team that plays hard since the game is “so fast”, especially McConnell who he also revealed to be the player he was referring to that turned into “Michael Jordan” in previous game.
“TJ is a dog. When I said some of those guys turned into Michael Jordan, TJ McConnell is who I was talking about,” Brown told reporters postgame.
“He was one of the more unstoppable players on their team. I did not mean no harm.”
Rick Carlisle praises players
The Pacers came up short but coach Rick Carlisle thinks his players are winners for the way they hustled each game despite the circumstances.
“The level of fight was tremendous all the way through this…They were in this to win every possession they could and any game that they could.”
He also previewed their next season by saying that “expectations will be raised by next year.”
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