BOSTON — It always fires up the house when a hometown hero swishes a 3-point attempt pretty much right off the national anthem. That’s precisely what the did against the in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals Sunday afternoon at TD Garden. But it’s what Brown did after that hi-how-do-you-do 3-pointer that shook the building and sent the social-media mob into overdrive. For bookkeeping purposes, it was a spin move and a driving dunk. For acrobatics, it was the Ringling Brothers.
Early morning, kind of feels almost like a practice. But we all knew it’s a regular game, we’re starting the playoffs here, and I was just happy we came out the way we came out this morning … this afternoon.” Advertisement This morning, this afternoon. Whatever. What’s important is that it’s this year, and it’s the only year that matters for these living-in-the-moment Celtics.