Jaylen Brown injures ankle

Keith Smith: Jaylen Brown went down and it was non-contact. Looked like he rolled his ankle.
Source: Twitter @KeithSmithNBA

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Jay King @ByJayKing
Marcus Smart said he initially thought Jaylen Brown hurt his knee and it could be bad. Was glad to hear it was the ankle instead. – 11:10 PM Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
The very latest on Jaylen Brown’s ankle injury including some optimism from Ime Udoka masslive.com/celtics/2022/0… – 10:50 PM Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Grant Williams had a visceral reaction to Jaylen Brown’s ankle sprain: “It was a scary moment. You see me on the bench covering my eyes and going into coach’s arms.”
Said Brown was in good spirits back in the locker room. – 10:42 PM Jay King @ByJayKing
Grant Williams said it was “a scary moment” when Jaylen Brown went down.
“Luckily he’s OK and he’s better than we (pictured).” – 10:42 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Ime Udoka said Jaylen Brown wanted to come back in the game after rolling his ankle, but the Celtics opted to be prudent and give him the rest of the game to stay off it. Udoka says the hope is that it won’t be a long-term issue for Brown. Celtics play again Thursday vs. Memphis. – 10:22 PM Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Ime Udoka on Jaylen Brown’s ankle sprain: “Rolled it & had some swelling & soreness. He tried to give it a go in the back and wanted to come back out and play. But we felt big picture, where we are in the season, just be smart.”
Hope is it’s not serious, team will see tomorrow. – 10:22 PM Mark Murphy @Murf56
Ime Udoka said Jaylen Brown wanted to come back and play, but there is swelling and soreness in his right ankle. Big picture was the focus. – 10:21 PM John Karalis @John_Karalis
Ime Udoka says Jaylen Brown wanted to come back out and play with the sprained ankle. Doesn’t seem like it will be a long-term thing, but he’ll be reevaluated tomorrow – 10:21 PM Jay King @ByJayKing
Ime Udoka said Jaylen Brown “rolled it, had some swelling and soreness.” He tried to give it a go, wanted to come back and play, according to Udoka. He said “you would hope not” and “it doesn’t seem like it” when asked whether it could be a long term issue. – 10:21 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Ime Udoka said Jaylen Brown has some swelling and soreness. Brown wanted to come back, but the Celtics chose to play it safe and hold him out.
Ime Udoka said he hopes it not a long-term situation, but that “you never know.” – 10:21 PM Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown leaves game with right ankle sprain nba.nbcsports.com/2022/03/01/bos… – 10:20 PM Gary Washburn @GwashburnGlobe
Without Jaylen Brown (ankle), the #Celtics rally furiously in second half to beat #Hakws 107-98. Tatum 33, White, 18, GWilliams 18, Smart 16, RWilliams 9 and 13 rebs; Young 31 (9 in second half), Bogdanovic 25, Gallinari 12. – 10:08 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
This was one of the better wins the Celtics have had. Looked awful in the first half. Jaylen Brown injured. Bunch of guys stepped up and the defense was terrific in the second half. – 10:07 PM Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
Celtics rally from 17-point deficit without Jaylen Brown for a 107-98 win over the Hawks. Boston is now just 1/2 game behind the Cavs for the No. 5 seed. – 10:07 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Boston has outscored Atlanta 51-23 in the second half, and leads 102-88 with 3:09 to go. Impressive turnaround after Jaylen Brown’s injury and a rough start for the Celtics tonight. – 9:55 PM Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
Celtics with a 31-13 third quarter without Jaylen Brown to take the lead. Quite the response. – 9:31 PM Jay King @ByJayKing
Aaron Nesmith starts the second half with Jaylen Brown out. – 9:06 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Rough first quarter for the Celtics who shot 9-for-23 from the field, committed five turnovers and lost Jaylen Brown for the game with a right ankle injury. Atlanta leads 28-19, though Trae Young’s own status is uncertain after he left with his own ankle injury. – 8:18 PM Chris Forsberg @ChrisForsberg_
Celtics starters together without Jaylen Brown this season:
-15.1 net rating
99.0 offensive rating
104 minutes
The starters with Derrick White in Brown’s place has not happened yet this season. – 8:16 PM Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
Jaylen Brown has been ruled out for the night by the #Celtics. Here’s latest on his ankle injury masslive.com/celtics/2022/0… – 8:10 PM Kevin Chouinard @KLChouinard
Celtics say Jaylen Brown (right ankle sprain) will not return. – 8:08 PM A. Sherrod Blakely @ASherrodblakely
Per Celtics, Jaylen Brown (Right Ankle Sprain) WILL NOT RETURN – 8:08 PM Mark Murphy @Murf56
Per Celtics – Jaylen Brown has a right ankle sprain and will not return – 8:08 PM John Karalis @John_Karalis
Jaylen Brown has a sprained right ankle and is done for the game – 8:08 PM Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Celtics rule out Jaylen Brown for the night with a right ankle sprain. – 8:08 PM Jay King @ByJayKing
Jaylen Brown (right ankle sprain) will not return to tonight’s game, per the Celtics. – 8:08 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Jaylen Brown is OUT for the rest of the game with a right ankle sprain. – 8:07 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Early run for Aaron Nesmith. That’s a tweak with Jaylen Brown out. – 8:06 PM Abby Chin @tvabby
Early minutes for Aaron Nesmith with Jaylen Brown still back in the locker room. #Celtics – 8:05 PM Chris Forsberg @ChrisForsberg_
A look at the Jaylen Brown injury. pic.twitter.com/KvWfF0M5Km – 7:56 PM Abby Chin @tvabby
Jaylen Brown heads straight to the locker room after rolling his right ankle stepping on De’Andre Hunter’s foot. JB clearly in pain, but walked off the court under his own power. Updates as soon as we get ’em. – 7:54 PM Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Jaylen Brown back to the locker room on his own power… pic.twitter.com/1E3y7kI7FL – 7:53 PM Sarah K. Spencer @sarah_k_spence
Jaylen Brown slow to get up but is able to walk off the court back to the locker room. – 7:52 PM Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
Jaylen Brown is walking off the floor under his own power and heading straight to locker room. – 7:52 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Jaylen Brown went down and it was non-contact. Looked like he rolled his ankle. – 7:52 PM Mark Murphy @Murf56
Jaylen Brown is down after taking a hard fall. – 7:52 PM John Karalis @John_Karalis
Jaylen Brown just went down on a drive. It’s hard to see what happened but he’s down on all fours right now and in pain – 7:51 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Jaylen Brown just went down in a heap on a drive to the basket with what looked like a non-contact leg injury. Still hasn’t gotten up. – 7:51 PM Gary Washburn @GwashburnGlobe
Jaylen Brown is down after a drive. Doesn’t look good #Celtics – 7:51 PM A. Sherrod Blakely @ASherrodblakely
Headband Jaylen Brown with a jumper and assist right out the gate for the #Celtics. – 7:49 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Celtics starters tonight:
Robert Williams
Al Horford
Jayson Tatum
Jaylen Brown
Marcus Smart
Hawks starters:
Clint Capela
Danilo Gallinari
DeAndre Hunter
Kevin Huerter
Trae Young – 7:13 PM

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Jusuf Nurkic: Prayers Jaylen Brown 🙏🏻🙏🏻 -via Twitter @bosnianbeast27 / March 1, 2022 Adam Himmelsbach: Jaylen Brown has a right ankle injury and won’t return, per Celtics. -via Twitter @AdamHimmelsbach / March 1, 2022 Jay King: Jaylen Brown was down and hurting. Then stood to his feet. He’s walking slowly, but under his own power, as he heads back to the locker room area. -via Twitter @ByJayKing / March 1, 2022