Tale of two players struggling with their offense but having different impacts on the game - Hayward 2 - 6 for 5 pts but a +9 while Brown was 2 - 7 with a -14. Both shooting abominably but Brown needs to find ways to positively impact the team when he isn’t shooting well.
I guess, but I think Hayward was more the beneficiary of Kyrie going supernova than anything else. I honestly thought Jaylen had a couple of great drives where he passed the ball at just the right time for an easy basket for a teammate. By Brown's comments (something about being happy to at least be in the rotation of a winning Cs team), I think it is going to be a longer road back to where he previously was than I think we all were hoping.
I get that Jaylen should be better than Hayward because of the injury, but Hayward looks like maybe the least electric player in the league right now. The dude needs to make his presence better known. Brown has at least been able to do that on the defensive end at times.
I agree that both need to vastly improve for the Cs to have a realistic shot at the championship, but I really liked the energy in this game against a very good, healthy Philly team. Even though the 3 ball wasn't falling, the points off of turnovers were killer.