WATCH: Paul Pogba and NBA star Jaylen Brown greet each other in Miami


WATCH: Paul Pogba and NBA star Jaylen Brown greet each other in Miami

Paul Pogba is always the one to make style statements. Paul Pogba did that again while meeting with NBA star Jaylen Brown in America after one of their matches. Paul Pogba and Jaylen Brown could be seen shaking hands, hugging, and talking to each other for a brief while before moving on.

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Jaylen Brown is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the California Golden Bears, being named first-team all-conference and Freshman of the Year in the Pac-12 Conference.

Declaring for the 2016 NBA draft after that season, he was selected by the Celtics with the third overall pick. As a professional, he has split his time between shooting guard and small forward. He was selected as an NBA All-Star in 2021 for the first time.

Who else was present at the game along with Paul Pogba?

Paul Pogba at the basketball game in a new trim

Paul Pogba, who is currently sidelined with a calf injury, was also joined in south Florida by international team-mates Aurelien Tchouameni and Jules Kounde.

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Aurelien Tchouameni with Jules Kounde

Monaco’s midfield star Tchouameni and Sevilla center-back Kounde, whose futures are in doubt this summer, where a picture of happiness as they posed for a snap-together courtside.

Japhet Tanganga, Eric Dier, and Brandon Austin pose for a photo together

There was also English representation courtside as Tottenham trio Eric Dier, Japhet Tanganga and Brandon Austin enjoyed the action too.

Dier also managed to catch up with Romeo Beckham too – who wore a replica of the Heat’s Jimmy Butler’s No 22 shirt.

Eric Dier with Romeo Beckham after the game

And while Beckham was supporting the Miami Heats, he wouldn’t have had a lot to cheer for as they fell to defeat by the Celtics 93-80 after the full-time whistle.

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What happened in the Basketball game?

Jaylen Brown
Jaylen Brown

Jaylen Brown scored 25 points, Jayson Tatum added 22 and the Boston Celtics moved to the brink of a berth in the NBA Finals, running away after halftime to beat the Miami Heat 93-80 on Wednesday night and take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference title series. Al Horford had 16 points and Derrick White added 14 for the Celtics. Tatum finished with 12 rebounds and nine assists.

Bam Adebayo scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Heat, who shot 32% in the game – after shooting 33 percent in Boston’s 20-point win in Game 4. Gabe Vincent added 15, Jimmy Butler had 13 and Duncan Robinson scored 11 for Miami. The Heat were seven for 45 from the three-point range.

Jaylen Brown scores a dunk during the game

Game 6 is in Boston on Friday night, where a pair of newly named trophies bearing the names of Celtics legends will be waiting. The Bob Cousy trophy goes to the East champs, the Larry Bird trophy to the East finals MVP, and the Celtics are one win away from being the first team to hoist them.

This series has seen massive momentum swings – a 44-14 Miami run in Game 1, a 60-21 Boston run in Game 2, a 46-20 Miami run to open Game 3 followed by a 57-33 Boston run in the same game, and a 26-4 spurt by the Celtics to open Game 4. The Game 5 run was just as one-sided.

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The score over a six-and-a-half-minute stretch of the second half: Heat 2-24 Celtics. The turnaround was 59-58 Boston to 83-60 Boston, and that was that.

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