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Jaylen Brown reacted to a 40-minute delay in Nuggets vs. Celtics game: "That's how injuries and stuff happen."

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The Boston Celtics-Denver Nuggets game was delayed for nearly 40 minutes to adjust one of the baskets following a Robert Williams alley-oop dunk midway through the fourth quarter.

Player of the Game EFF 51 Nikola Jokic Points 30 Accuracy 10-13 Rebounds 12 Assists 12

Denver's Ball Arena workers faced problems leveling the rim after the Celtics center hung on the basket and tilted it. Meanwhile, players struggled to stay warm and Boston star Jaylen Brown was fuming about it post-game.

"It was definitely a weird game. For sure, the delay was longer than I thought it would be. And it definitely kicked out our momentum a little bit when we were just trying to get going," he said in an opening statement.

The Celtics trailed 110-97 at the time of the delay.

"There was no communication," Brown pointed out.

"They spent all that time trying to fix it but when we came back it still looked like it wasn't even level, in my opinion. So, we just wasted all that time," NBA All-Star added.

Jaylen Brown finished a long-lasting game with 30 points.

"That's how injuries and stuff happen," he said. "That whole process was handled poorly, in my opinion, and that had an effect as well. But luckily nobody got hurt."

The arena workers eventually replaced the rim to get it even.

Boston could not turn the game around following the pause, and Denver celebrated its eighth consecutive home win by beating their opponents123-111.

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