Lamar Jackson saved Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta’s night, revealing contract negotiations were close after his beloved Boston Celtics blew the chance to put their NBA Play-Off series to bed in Game Five, falling to a 117-119 defeat to the Atlanta Hawks, courtesy of a Trae Young special in the dying seconds.
“I think we can get a deal done,” a text from Jackson to DeCosta read, as revealed on the Ravens' official website. “We're getting close.”
Fresh off the back of watching the Celtics be forced to play Game Six, DeCosta responded to Jackson, saying: “I said back to him, 'Lamar, you just saved my night’. Because I was in a dark place, and at that point I didn't care anymore about the Celtics."
