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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
Sport
Steve Hewitt

Jaylen Brown’s season-best performance fuels Celtics over undermanned Pelicans

BOSTON — Jaylen Brown will certainly be getting his second career All-Star nod this season. The Celtics star being an All-Star starter is less certain, given the talent surrounding him in the Eastern Conference.

But if there was ever a case to be made that Brown deserves to be a starter in Utah next month, it was done on Wednesday.

While Jayson Tatum has undoubtedly become the face of the Celtics, Brown’s continued growth as his co-star over the last year has made a critical difference in Boston’s rise to the elite. His growth was displayed in every way in Wednesday’s 125-114 victory over the Pelicans as he scored a season-high 41 points – his first 40-point game of the season – and added 12 rebounds to fuel the Celtics’ fourth consecutive win.

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