No completely different from some other postseason, the referees have allowed a bodily model of basketball this yr.
The Celtics, who averaged 116.3 factors within the common season, have been contained to only 101.7 factors by way of three video games in opposition to the Magic. Whereas the younger Orlando squad deserves credit score for throwing Boston’s free-flowing offense off its rhythm, Jaylen Brown has warned officers {that a} struggle may get away if the physicality is not curtailed.
“There could be a struggle get away or one thing, as a result of it is beginning to really feel prefer it’s not even basketball, and the refs just isn’t controlling their atmosphere,” Brown advised reporters. “It’s what it’s. If we wish to struggle it out, we are able to do this. We will struggle to see who goes to the second spherical.”
