Boston Celtics: Jaylen Brown’s top 5 games this season

1. Game 28

Celtics 118 – Raptors 102

At Christmas, the Celtics were fighting the Milwaukee Bucks for the number one seed in the East, and with a trip north of the border, were hoping to make the deficit between the top two teams even smaller. The Toronto Raptors, on the other hand, were facing many injuries which led to a drop in the standings.

The Raptors came out strong, started the game on a 10-0 run, but the Celtics came right back with a nine to nothing run of their own. Boston built a 28-19 lead by the end of the first. Jaylen Brown missed one shot.

Fred VanFleet then got hot, scoring 10 points in the second period, on just seven shots. The Celtics still held an eight-point leading going into halftime. This quarter, Jaylen Brown was perfect from the field.

The third period is when the Celtics pulled away from the Raptors. Jaylen Brown went five for five, making three 3 pointers as he scored 16 points. The Celtics increased their lead by 11, in a flawless 12 minutes by Jaylen Brown. The Celtics were able to hold on to their lead for a victory in the fourth, and Brown missed a couple more shots, bringing his miss total to three.

Jaylen Brown finished the game with 30 points and a true shooting percentage of 96! On defense, his opponents went 3-of-11. He even added four assists and six rebounds to his game totals.

Against one of the top teams in the league, Jaylen Brown could not miss. On both sides of the ball, he was the team’s most valuable player, and Celtics general manager Danny Ainge must have been proud of the reassurance that he was right all along.