Jaylen Brown’s raw playoff numbers were close to last season, when he was the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals MVP: 22.3 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists a game, although his efficiency was down and he didn’t have the same explosiveness. Still, when the Celtics needed him, Brown stepped up with 26 points and 12 assists in Boston’s Game 5 win, and he was a solid 20 points with six rebounds and six assists in Game 6.
Now we know why he was off a little this postseason — he was playing through a partially torn meniscus, a story broken by Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.