Jaylen Brown

Celtics' Jaylen Brown had some strong words after his excellent NBA All-Star Game performance in a game that was obviously lacking defense.

Some suggestions on social media pointed to returning the game to an East vs. Brown called the game a glorified “layup line,” and expressed his desire to find a way to make the game more competitive in the future. West format, with some type of advantage for the winning conference.

The two Celtics stars ended up playing against each other on Sunday night in Utah. It was pretty cool.

So it was a normal day for us, it was just millions of people watching on one of the biggest stages. He said after the game -- which Tatum's team won -- that it felt like he and Tatum had the building to themselves for that stretch of play. "That was like another day at the office for us, right?" It led to Brown running out of time, unable to get a shot away before the horn sounded to end the quarter. Brown was sporting a mask on his face, playing in his first game since catching an inadvertent elbow from Tatum on Feb. Brown started things off with a stepback jumper over Tatum to get things started, adding some flair with a "too small" gesture directed at his taller teammate.

On Monday's edition of Zolak & Bertrand, Marc Bertrand made it clear that Jaylen Brown will never be Jayson Tatum.

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Boston Celtics All-Star forward Jaylen Brown has a similar approach to the NBA All-Star Game as Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, who called the ...

Brown even hit Tatum with the "too small" trash talk. But if the fans like it, that's all that matters." It was just a glorified layup line. "This was like a layup line," Brown pointed out. "That was just highlights and layups and jump shots. ](https://basketnews.com/news-185575-michael-malone-calls-all-star-game-worst-basketball-game-ever-played.html)

Jaylen Brown scored 35 points in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game. But the Celtics wing was not pleased with the defensive effort in Utah.

No one got hurt, they put on a show for the fans, but that’s a tough game to sit through, I’m not gonna lie.” We’ve always kind of brought the best out of each other. Both Celtics stalwarts managed to land punches against each other in a rare tilt. Nuggets coach Mike Malone — who served as the head coach of Team LeBron — didn’t hold back when asked about the play put forth by some of his roster. This was a glorified layup line. This was like a layup line.