Brown notched 34 points (12-23 FG, 5-11 3Pt, 5-6 FT), seven rebounds, three assists and one steal across 44 minutes during Thursday's 103-90 loss to the Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. He also had five turnovers.
Brown supplied a signature Finals performance, but he and his teammates could not overcome Golden State. On a night where Boston supplied just five bench points, Brown was the only Celtic to exceed 20 points. The 25-year-old averaged 23.1 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 24 playoff contests.
Brown finished with 18 points (5-18 FG, 0-5 3Pt, 8-10 FT), nine rebounds, four assists and one steal in 44 minutes during Monday's 104-94 loss to the Warriors in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
Brown tied his series high with nine rebounds and dished four assists, but he had a hard time getting shots to fall all game, finishing with a 5-for-18 mark from the field and missing all five of his three-point attempts. Nearly half of his 18 points came from the charity stripe, from which he went 8-for-10. Brown is shooting just 40.9 percent overall in the series, though he ranks second on Boston with 21.4 points per game through five contests.
Celtics' Jaylen Brown: Leads Celtics with 27 points
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Brown supplied 27 points (9-16 FG, 4-8 3Pt, 5-6 FT), nine rebounds, five assists and one block in 40 minutes during Wednesday's 116-100 win over the Warriors in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
Boston got a combined 77 points from Brown, Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smart in the crucial Game 3 victory. Brown led the trio with his highest scoring effort of the series so far. He also had his highest Finals rebound total with nine and tied for his high mark in assists with five. Brown is averaging 22.7 points, 7.3 boards, 4.3 assists and 3.0 three-pointers over the first three games of the series.
