Jaylen Brown dropped 31 points and helped spark the Celtics to a dominant 123-103 bounce-back win over the Suns on Friday.
Here are the takeaways.
Jaylen Brown didn’t look healthy, but he did look great.
Much has been made (including in this space!) over the last few days about Jaylen Brown’s knee, which he admitted after the Celtics’ loss to the Heat on Wednesday has been bothering him. When a reporter asked him whether it’s something that he can damage further by playing on it, he gave a noncommittal answer and moved on, which is concerning to hear from a star player roughly two weeks before the playoffs begin.