- Jayson Tatum said that opponents’ gameplans in the postseason against the Celtics put an emphasis to “pick up the pace, the pressure, be more physical, crash the glass, do all the intangible things.” Boston showed it could wreck those plans, at least against a depleted Heat team while advancing to the second round. “Why don’t we flip the script and be the tougher team?” Tatum told The Athletic’s Jay King. “Why don’t we crash the glass more? Why don’t we pick up the pressure on defense while still being the talented team that we are? It’ll be tough to beat us.”
- Jaylen Brown‘s bank account benefitted from the Celtics’ first-round victory. With his team reaching 49 wins and the second round of the playoffs, he received a $553,572 bonus, ESPN’s Bobby Marks tweets.