A dominant Game 1 performance had the Boston Celtics riding high. They destroyed the Cleveland Cavaliers with a barrage of scoring from Derrick White and Jaylen Brown mixed with high-level defense.
Then it all came crashing down in Game 2.
“Defensively, it was an unacceptable performance,” said Jaylen Brown. “I think that’s where we look at. [There’s where] I’m the most upset. Defensively. You know we gave up 118 points. Then on top of that, we lost the rebound battle. So we didn’t help ourselves tonight.”
Just one game after a wholly lackluster showing, Donovan Mitchell’s 29 points led a free-flowing Cavaliers offense en route to their highest point total of the postseason.