Isaiah Thomas will always be the “King in the Fourth,” but Jaylen Brown is quietly making a run at the crown.
Brown has played some of his best basketball in the fourth quarter this season. He has some work to do to catch The Little Guy – who led the league in fourth-quarter points in 2016-17 – yet Brown is in the hunt to claim that same title.
So far, he’s scored the fourth-most points (257), behind only Giannis Antetokounmpo, DeMar DeRozan, and LeBron James. He has the fourth-most field goals made per fourth quarter (3.