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Jaylen Brown drops 35, but Celtics fall to competitive, short-handed Magic: 9 takeaways

Jaylen Brown scored 35 points on Monday, but the Jayson-Tatum-less Celtics dropped a surprising loss to a short-handed but hard-nosed Magic team, falling 108-104.

Here are the takeaways.

A chaotic finish.

Where should we even start trying to explain how the game ended?

With 1:43 left and the Celtics trailing by six, Jaylen Brown tracked down an important rebound in the corner. He was immediately swarmed, and Jalen Suggs knocked the ball out of his hands and dove trying to possess it. Brown dove to the ground as well and knocked it forward, and then it was a rugby scrum.