Boston Celtics: 4 interesting takeaways from near comeback in Game 4

Jaylen Brown was in a zone

Taking a break from the negative portion of the game, let’s jump to when the Celtics looked like they were going to come back and win. After a timeout, trailing by 20, the C’s came out roaring. By the end of the third, they had cut the lead to 8.

Any team can make a little dent after being down 20. But to come all the way back and take the lead, the Celtics needed someone to establish himself as the number one option. As I just mentioned, I expected this to be Tatum all series. He had shown that ability in the regular season a few times. However, it turned out that player was Jaylen Brown.

In the first half, Brown was the only player having any success. In the second half, he led a team back with an enormous amount of success. Outcome aside, what I saw today from Jaylen in just his second year is something of a budding star in the NBA. Clutch threes that barely hit the net. A one legged fadeaway that should have been an and-one. The stepback three over Khris Middleton to cut the lead to one. Big time.

https://twitter.com/celtics/status/988137773038161920

It was incredible. If the Celtics won, he would have been the talk of the town.

But there was just one more thing I wanted from Brown.