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Brown also studied numerology, a belief system that assigns meaning to numbers, especially those connected to one’s birth date and name. Brown and Sam Hauser, for example, are both fives. (In numerology, the number 5 is all about freedom, change, and adventure; those who have a life path 5 hate feeling restricted). Brown said he got inspired to go down this path after a few friends put it on his radar before the season. And, he feels like the results have been fruitful. “They kind of suggested it — try to see if it works,” Brown said. “And everybody has a different kind of makeup of who they are and how they approach things. And if you learn a little bit about each person, what makes them tick, you can kind of learn more about how to maximize potential. All that type of stuff added up over the course of the season. And here we are.”
Noa Dalzell: Charles Lee said he’s not been surprised at the Celtics success this season, so I asked him why every former Celtic says that and what we (the media/outside world) missed: “#1 is knowing the history of the Celtics — this place is about winning and winning championships. From the player standpoint and from the coaching standpoint, you had a lot of people still that were part of that championship team, and so they know what it takes, on a day-to-day basis to win a game, and that competitive spirit or fire, it don't just go away because someone gets hurt — like it is always there.” “When you win a championship, you become even more hungry, more thirsty to do it again… Payton and Sam [Hauser] and JB and all those guys, and Joe and DJ MacLeay and Tony Dobbins, Sam [Cassell], they've all been there. And so they want it again, and so whoever they have come in the building, there's a standard, and the standard is to win and to play hard, and that's what they do.”
Charles Lee said he’s not been surprised at the Celtics success this season, so I asked him why every former Celtic says that and what we (the media/outside world) missed:
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Noah Dalzell: Celtics Injury Report Update vs. Chicago (2/11): Sam Hauser - AVAILABLE Neemias Queta - AVAILABLE Jayson Tatum - Right Achilles Repair - OUT
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Keith Smith: Jayson Tatum is OUT for the Celtics game vs the Knicks tomorrow. Everyone who thought Tatum was coming back on Super Bowl Sunday can return from Fantasyland now. Sam Hauser is questionable for the game, as well.
Keith Smith: The Celtics downgraded Jaylen Brown to OUT tonight at the Houston Rockets due to left hamstring tightness and right knee soreness. Sam Hauser is also OUT due to right thumb strain. Chris Boucher is OUT due to personal reasons. Reminder: Nikola Vucevic trade is not official yet.
Bobby Manning on Celtics’ untouchables: Everybody else beyond Brown and Tatum is under discussion at this point Cyro Asseo: If you had to say somebody that if people were buying a jersey, whose jersey would you be fine buying knowing that they're going to be around for the next foreseeable future? Bobby Manning: I feel pretty good about Jaylen Brown after the season that he's had here where he's shown signs of being one of the best players in the league. And so with his contract situation, with he and Jayson Tatum having the amicable relationship that they do here, being willing to make it work with each other for the sake of winning and their commitment to him ultimately, they've had a lot of opportunities to break that duo up in more dire circumstances than this and they've held firm. And I know Brad Stevens obviously in a different cap environment, but throughout his tenure and even his coaching days leading both of those guys into the players that they become here, his vision for this team has been that if we have those two guys, we can figure it out around them and make this roster work. And that's why they signed them to the contracts that they did. It's why that they've accepted that they're going to have a balance when it comes to the top of this roster and this two stars. And then beyond that, like they're going to try to compliment them as best as they can. And Derrick White's been a big part of that. I don't think White's untouchable into the future. I think he's a guy that you do have discussions about given how valuable he is and where he's at in his career pushing 30. Same deal with Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser and others down the line. I think everybody else beyond Jaylen and Jayson is under discussion at this point as you try to reshape this core into the future here.
Bobby Krivitsky: “Welcome him with open arms.” Sam Hauser discusses Jayson Tatum’s comments about fitting back in with the Celtics. Of course, he would be thrilled to have Tatum back this season.
Taylor Snow: FINAL: Celtics 102, Trail Blazers 94 Pritchard: 23 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST Brown: 20 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL White: 18 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL Simons: 12 PTS, 2 STL Hauser: 11 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
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Bobby Krivitsky: With Sam Hauser just off camera, Jaylen Brown recalls when Hauser nearly set the Celtics’ record for the most made 3s in a game in D.C. “He was like, ‘Oh, it’s gonna come back to me.’ …That was two years ago. This was his chance, it might not be another two years…We was all rooting for him.”
Bobby Krivitsky: Sam Hauser on going 2/11 from 3 in the fourth quarter as he tried to set the Celtics’ record: “At that point it was just like, ‘Let’s get em up, see what happens, and then I got dead tired…I’m glad Joe left me in to try.”
Tim Bontemps: Final: Celtics 132, Hawks 106 Boston cruises to a 26-15 record through the first half of the season – a 52-win pace – after an explosive first half. Jaylen Brown has 41, and Sam Hauser goes for 30, getting all of his points on 10 3's.
Sean Grande: A thoroughly insane 52-point quarter for the Celtics tonight in Atlanta (3 shy of the NBA record). They lead the Hawks, 82-51. Boston went 11-15 from 3 in the quarter (Sam Hauser 6-6, Anfernee Simons 3-4). 11 3's ties the NBA record (OKC did it at Utah last month). Jaylen Brown 29; Sam Hauser 21
