{"id":5997,"date":"2024-12-28T20:30:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T20:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=5997"},"modified":"2024-12-28T20:30:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T20:30:34","slug":"day-beast-jaylen-brown-lives-larry-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=5997","title":{"rendered":"The day of the beast: Jaylen Brown lives up to Larry Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"T<\/span>he\u00a0Boston Celtics<\/strong>\u00a0broke their two-game losing streak by\u00a0crushing the Indiana Pacers (142-105)<\/strong>\u00a0in a game that will go down in history for the colossal performance of\u00a0Jaylen Brown<\/strong>, who is usually in the shadow of\u00a0Jayson Tatum<\/strong>, but this time was the most outstanding of the ‘Jays’ to consolidate Boston’s second position in the Eastern Conference\u00a0(23-8)<\/strong>, only behind the unstoppable\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers (27-4)<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0Oklahoma City Thunder (24.5)<\/strong>in the West (24-5).<\/p>\n

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Jaylen Brown stole the show with an anthological game:\u00a044 points (10\/15 t2, 6\/11 t3 and 6\/6 tl), 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals.<\/strong>\u00a0It was the\u00a011th game of his career<\/strong>\u00a0in the NBA in which he scored 40 or more points and he became the\u00a0third ‘Celtic’ to score at least 44 points and 4 steals<\/strong>\u00a0in its entire history. Only the legendary\u00a0Larry Bird (five times) and Antoine Walker<\/strong> had done it before<\/p>\n

Only his teammate Jayson Tatum<\/strong>\u00a0can boast in the Boston franchise’s history of having\u00a0more games with at least 40 points and five three-pointers<\/strong>. The Celtics flew with him on the court (+30), and he also showed his usual prowess from three-point range with a\u00a041.1% shooting percentage (23\/56).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Great game from substitute Payton Pritchard<\/h2>\n
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Jayson Tatum (22+13+4+3 steals), the substitute Payton Pritchard, who scored 18 points (4\/8 t3), 8 rebounds and 10 assists with 0 turnovers, and Al Horford (13+5+2) were the other standouts in Boston’s resounding victory, which could not count on the injured Kristaps Porzingis (ankle) and Jrue Holiday (shoulder).<\/p>\n

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On the\u00a0Pacers<\/strong>\u00a0side, the best performers were\u00a0Tyrese Haliburton<\/strong>\u00a0(19+4+9),\u00a0Bennedict Mathurin<\/strong>\u00a0(18+6+2),\u00a0Pascal Siakam<\/strong>\u00a0(14+9) and substitutes\u00a0Jarace Wallace<\/strong>\u00a0(15+5 assists) and\u00a0Thomas Bryant<\/strong>\u00a0(12+7). Indiana, which missed injured players\u00a0Obi Toppin<\/strong>\u00a0(ankle) and\u00a0Andrew Nembhard<\/strong>\u00a0(knee), suffered its second straight loss after five straight wins<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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