Jaylen Brown and the Celtics won a big game (at least by Emirates NBA Cup standards) on Friday, pulling away down the stretch for a 108-96 victory that could have important implications.
Here are the takeaways.
Jaylen Brown grinded out a big evening.
The normally 3-point happy Celtics were a catastrophic 11-for-46 (23.9 percent) from behind the arc on Friday, and Jayson Tatum was way off as well.
That put the onus on Jaylen Brown’s capable shoulders, and while he wasn’t particularly efficient either (11-for-27 overall, 3-for-13 from three), he scored a game-high 31 points, adding 11 rebounds and five assists.