The Celtics became the first NBA team to win 30 games this season after beating the Pelicans last night. Superstars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for a total of 72 points. Jaylen scored a season-high of 41 points followed by 12 rebounds. Jayson dropped 31 points with 10 rebounds. Jaylen Brown scored most of his baskets from mid range and finishing after contact.
“I think I can get to the rim at a good rate this year,” Jaylen Brown told reporters afterwards, per the Celtics website. “I definitely want to keep that up.
“I don’t want to let the defense off the hook, but I feel good about a lot of the shots I took from three. Some of them went down, some of them haven’t. But I definitely still think I’m going to look to get to the basket a lot more for sure just for the remainder of the year.”
This was Brown’s sixth 40-point game of his career, pasting Sam Jones and Isaiah Thomas for the sixth-most in Celtics history.
Together with Jayson Tatum, the two players became the driving force behind Boston Celtics recent success.
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