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Jaylen Brown was the best Celtics player on the court, and other thoughts on a thrilling win

COMMENTARY

One game, one win, one banked-in game-winning 3 in the mug of the reigning defensive player of the year, and one thought on every Celtic that played at least one minute …

Jayson Tatum: Only the truly great players can drill the winning shot off the glass in the final second to beat a terrific opponent and then have the humility afterward to admit that he wasn’t actually trying to use the backboard. Then again, Tatum also said he played “terrible” after a 30-point night, which included 12 points in the fourth, so his standard for acknowledging his own excellence is pretty high.