6 fouls and abandoned the game! 20 points + 7 turnovers in the life and death game, FMVP does not mean the team s first core!

Not long ago, the 2024-25 NBA Eastern Conference playoff semi-finals were all over. In the end, the Pacers and the Knicks, the two teams not favored before the game, defeated the Cavaliers and Celtics, the number one in the Eastern Conference, and the process was very easy, the former 4-1 and the latter 4-2! If the Cavaliers can still use injuries as an excuse, then the Celtics are eliminated in this way, which is somewhat despising. G6 came to the Knicks' home court. Apart from having a little fighting spirit in the first 5 minutes of the game, the entire Celtics team had no determination to win the game after that. The team's core Jaylen Brown took the lead in giving up the game. With 2 minutes and 50 seconds left in the third quarter, Brunson broke through the inside and was a forward-looking feint. Jaylen Brown took off and suffered his sixth foul in this game and left the court directly! At this time, the score on the field was 51-84, the Celtics were 33 points behind! His behavior is more like he voluntarily giving up the game, so as not to be humiliated by the Knicks on the court!

played 31 minutes in the whole game, made 8 of 20 shots, 3 of 9 three-pointers, scored 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block and 1 steal. These data look good! However, there were 7 turnovers + 6 fouls throughout the game, and many missed empty baskets. There were many times when the ball was handled randomly on the court and did not return to defense. Tatum cannot play. As the team's first core, he did not show his determination to drag the game into tiebreak, which is the main reason for the Celtics' defeat and out. You should know that 13 of Jaylen Brown's 20 points were scored in the first quarter. At that time, the Celtics were only 6 points behind, and there was still plenty of time to turn the situation around. However, he made 2 of 5 shots in the second quarter and scored 5 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists at the same time, making 4 mistakes, which directly left the team 27 points behind in the half! From the perspective of modern basketball, it is possible to complete the reversal by more than 20 points in the first half. The Knicks G1 and G2 are examples. In the third quarter, Jaylen Brown made 1 of 7 shots in a single quarter and scored only 2 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, but made 1 turnover and 4 fouls. The attitude of negative response can be seen!

To be fair, even if Tatum doesn't play, there is no reason for the Celtics to lose so ugly! We can see from this game that who said that Jaylen Brown, the winner of FMVP last season, was the number one core of the Celtics? Back to last year's finals, Tatum's data is better than Jaylen Brown, but his efficiency is not as high as his. He finally missed the FMVP. However, looking at the entire playoffs in the past year, it should be understood that when Porzingis was injured, Tatum became the true No. 5 of the Celtics, fighting with opponents in every game, giving up his familiar style of play. A star in the main player took the lead in making changes for the team's victory, and finally the Celtics' championship was won. Isn’t a forward player going to the inside to fight with his opponent’s fifth position, and his physical energy consumption increases and his shooting efficiency decline is not an inevitable result? What’s interesting is that when Jaylen Brown received the FMVP, a lot of people stood up and said that Jaylen Brown is the first core of this team, and Tatum is just good-looking in the data!

However, now the team needs him to stand up and truly assume the responsibility of the team's first core, Jaylen Brown chose to escape with his 20 points, 7 mistakes + 6 fouls left, proving that the FMVP award is not the first core of the team! It is worth mentioning that Jaylen Brown has 5 years of $304 million in NBA history, with the second highest salary contract of $304 million, with a total value of 236.19 million ($53.14 million, $57.08 million, $61.02 million and $64.95 million). Judging from Jaylen Brown's spirit on the court this season, this contract is expected to become another super premium contract in NBA history! No wonder the US men's basketball team did not take this new FMVP to the Olympics last year. In their eyes, they all know who is the number one core of this Celtic team! From this perspective, FMVP is more of a product of the voting media deliberately creating gimmicks for fans before a season is completely over. The 2020 Finals FMVP gave Iguodala and the 2020 park championship vote, and so on.

So the last question is? Do you think FMVP is equivalent to the team's first core? Welcome to leave a message for discussion!