Jaylen Brown's 'mindset and intensity is tremendous' - Mazzulla - video Dailymotion

Boston Celtics boss Joe Mazzulla hails the job Jaylen Brown does in making his team 'well-connected'.

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00:00 Joe, it feels like we ask you all the time now, but Jalen Brown just hounding Lillard

00:04 up and down the floor the entire night.

00:06 Lillard finished with like an efficient night, but to make it difficult on Dame on a night

00:11 where they're missing their other top scorer while also being a primary offensive option,

00:14 what does that say about his motor, just what he brings to the table, his willingness to

00:17 take on that role?

00:18 Yeah, I mean it's not being defined by one thing and saying, "Hey, if we want to win

00:21 this, we have to do this."

00:22 And I thought Jalen's mindset and intensity to start the game is kind of what kept us

00:26 connected throughout the game.

00:27 And he set the tone as far as our defensive intensity for the game and the rest of the

00:32 guys picked up on that.

00:33 I thought Al had some tremendous closeouts.

00:35 Derek, I thought Jason's blocks.

00:37 But when our guys are not just defined by one thing and we understand that in order

00:41 to win, you have to play well-connected basketball and it starts with intensity and physicality.

00:45 Jalen's done a great job of that.

00:47 And again, it feels like we ask you, but is this something he's asking for now or is it

00:51 just kind of assumed that, yeah, Jalen's going to take on that?

00:52 I mean, not necessarily asking, he's just taking ownership of it.

00:55 This is what I want to do.

00:56 This is how I can impact the game.

00:58 And he's done a great job living in that space of I'm not just going to be defined by one

01:01 thing.

01:02 I'm just going to impact the game.

01:03 So he's taking full ownership of it.

01:04 And that's been a great form of leadership for us.