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Celtics Star Jaylen Brown Makes Surprising Admission on Magic

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Reign Amurao | Last updated Apr 30, 2025 1:16 AM ET

On Tuesday, the Orlando Magic suffered a 120-89 blowout loss to the Boston Celtics. The defending champions advance to the semifinals and will wait for the winner of the Detroit Pistons-New York Knicks series. The Magic tried their best to force a Game 6 and bring the game back to the Kia Center.

All-Star forward Paolo Banchero was limited to 29 minutes of action as he got into foul trouble early in the third period. He finished with 19 points, nine rebounds and six assists in the elimination game.

After the game, Celtics star Jaylen Brown commented on their series against Orlando. Despite it being a physical matchup, Brown had nothing negative to say about the young Magic team.

"Much respect to those guys over there," Brown said, who had a 23-point outing.

Jaylen Brown said he has “nothing negative” to say about Orlando. He appreciated the way they competed throughout this series.

“Much respect to those guys over there.”
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) April 30, 2025

Brown explained that the Magic made them play a certain way. Because of the physicality Orlando presented in each game, the All-Star forward said it brought a different, but good, challenge to them.

"Orlando did a good job of trying to make us play a different style of ball," he said.

The four-time All-Star experienced the roughness in how the Magic played in Game 4. Brown drove to the basket and was defended by Cole Anthony. Unfortunately for the star forward, the smaller defender pulled him to the ground and hurt his arm.

Luckily, it wasn't anything serious, and he stayed in the game.

Jaylen Brown pulled down and possibly re-injures his wrist pic.twitter.com/3tEwGPzyBE
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The Magic demanded a lot from the Celtics, especially how physical they were during the entire series. In Game 3, Orlando had a 95-93 win, the only game they won throughout five games.

They set the tone with their physicality and had 23 fouls.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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