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Jaylen Brown giving NBA reality check it hasn't seen in decades

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown is leading the NBA in two-point attempts in a way no guard or wing has since the 1980s.

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Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown is leading the NBA in two-point shots per game. Not Nikola Jokic. Not Alperen Sengun. Not any of the league’s best bigs, or even Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. It’s Brown. And he’s also one of the most efficient scorers from inside the arc, too.

Brown’s 15.8 two-point attempts per game tops the NBA (Sengun is second at 14.