The Pool Report interview was conducted by Gary Washburn, Boston Globe, with Crew Chief Tony Brothers following tonight’s Magic at Celtics game.

 April 29, 2025

 QUESTION: Just wanted to get more clarification on Banchero’s fifth foul and the subsequent elbow from the play from Jaylen Brown. What did you guys see on that play that made you confirm the challenge?

BROTHERS: Brown is driving to the basket, Banchero walks into him and walks him up under the basket. Brown attempts a normal shooting motion and in that normal shooting motion he makes incidental contact with Banchero’s face.

QUESTION: So, there was no potential review of an action by Brown, just the foul on Banchero?

BROTHERS: Brown’s action did not rise to the level of anything outside of just the common foul on Banchero.

QUESTION: Banchero just impeded his progress with his move?

BROTHERS: Everything that happened was as a result of him continuing to walk him under the basket and him jumping back in a normal shooting motion.