Celtics fall to Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves despite Jaylen Brown’s huge game: 7 takeaways

Jaylen Brown's Herculean performance wasn't enough to topple the Timberwolves on Saturday.Jaylen Brown had a monstrous game, but the Celtics couldn’t pull themselves out of an offensive slump in time to beat the Timberwolves on Saturday, falling 119-115 in Minnesota.

Here are the takeaways.

Jaylen Brown nearly did it.

The Celtics can’t beat good teams without a good game from Jaylen Brown, and he gave them a big one even by his standards on Saturday.

Brown scored 19 in the first quarter alone, getting the Celtics off to a fast start by scoring in nearly every way imaginable. The Timberwolves have wing stoppers — Jaden McDaniels is a defensive stopper, Anthony Edwards is no slouch, and Rudy…