Boston Celtics shooting guard Jaylen Brown very nearly pulled off the upset of the season sending the game into overtime after teammate Jayson Tatum intentionally missed his first free throw in the waning seconds of regulation against the Houston Rockets.
Though Boston would go on to be edged by Houston as Harden hit clutch free throws at the end of the extra period, the brilliance displayed by the Jay Team to nearly steal the win is worth another watch if you’ve seen it, and plenty more if you didn’t.
Bouncing the ball back at his teammates after Rockets “big man” P.J. Tucker fouled the Duke product in an effort to prevent the Celtics from tying the game on that possession backfired spectacularly as the duo snatched defeat from the jaws of victory for five more minutes.
Watch the video above as Brown manages to sink an awkward, last-second trey to force the overtime, and try to think more about what the pair will do in the postseason more than the one that got away.
