Sixers, Brown have a ‘humbling’ night in loss to Celtics

Sixers, Brown have a ‘humbling’ night in loss to Celtics originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Whatever Jaylen Brown and the Sixers dreamed up for their first matchup against the Celtics soon flew out the window on Tuesday night.

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Brown was whistled for two early fouls, the Sixers fell behind and their early-season flaws were on full display in a 123-101 loss at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

“We’ve just got to get better,” Brown said. “Tonight was humbling. We got outplayed, out-executed. So we go back to the drawing board and get ready for the next one.”

Over 26 minutes, Brown had 13 points on 4-for-9 shooting and five rebounds against the team that traded him away this summer.

As for the endless dissection of his relationship with former co-star Jayson Tatum, Brown didn’t have much to add Tuesday. There was no public reconciliation, no obvious on-court animosity and generally nothing to satisfy fans hoping for some kind of fireworks on that front.

“I’m just focused on doing what’s best for my team,” Brown said. “Everything else … to be honest, I wasn’t paying attention. But credit to Jayson; he played well tonight. Credit to the Celtics. They executed, they shot the hell out of the ball and they were the better team tonight.”

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Tatum scored 21 points, two of which came on a third-quarter slam over LeBron James. Paul George continued his fantastic start as a Celtic by dropping 36 points and draining six three-pointers.

The Celtics dominated from beyond the arc, shooting 22 for 49 (44.9 percent). The Sixers went just 11 for 37 (29.7 percent) on another night of underwhelming offense. The team sits 22nd in the NBA in offensive rating, 24th in three-point makes per game and 21st in three-point percentage.

“I think that we’ve got some guys that are obviously shooting much lower percentages than their last season or their career average — almost a handful of guys,” Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said. “And I don’t think it’s because they’re shooting fallaway, totally contested ones. I think they’re shots we want them to take. So I think they’ll continue to take ’em and I’m pretty sure those will…

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