Things can not get worse for the Celtics on Friday night.
Celtics star guard Jaylen Brown fouled out of Game 6 at Madison Square Garden with 2:50 to go in the third quarter before New York waltzed to a 119-81 victory to clinch a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Brown, 28, finished Friday’s game with 20 points.
He admitted things didn’t go the Celtics’ way in the series this year and was hurt by the loss.
“Losing to the Knicks, you know, feels like death,” he told reporters in his postgame press conference. “But I was always taught there’s life after death.”
Jaylen Brown is pictured during the Celtics’ loss May 16. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
Without Jayson Tatum, who tore his right Achilles during Game 4 of the series, the Celtics rolled in Game 5 at home but fell apart at MSG.
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) controls the ball against New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson (23) during the second quarter of Game 6 in the second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Madison Square Garden. Brad Penner-Imagn Images
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) reacts during the second quarter of Game 6 in the second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect“We didn’t have the same team this year that we had last year,” Celtics guard Derrick White told reporters after the loss. “Every year it’s a different team. We had a goal at the beginning of the year and we fell short.”
