Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Reveals Reason For Best Rebounding Game Of Season
After sitting out Friday’s win over the Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown came back fully rested and energized for Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
It showed, as Brown led the Celtics to a 107-79 rout of the Bucks at TD Garden with one of his best games of the season. In just 29 minutes, he scored 30 points on 12 of 20 shooting, including 4 of 6 from beyond the arc.
Brown also made a massive impact on the boards, matching his season high with 13 rebounds — 12 of which came on the defensive end.
There were plenty of defensive boards to be had with Milwaukee shooting just 35.4 percent from the field, and Brown aggressively gobbled up as many as he could.
After the game, Joe Mazzulla praised his superstar’s impressive effort on the glass.
“Obviously, what he’s been doing for us on the offensive end, but all the little things that go into it, he knows that’s how he impacts winning,” Mazzulla told reporters during his postgame press conference. “So that’s just another way that he leads — his understanding of what gives us the best chance to win every night. Also, helping set the tone for the standard that we have to have on both ends of the floor.”
Meanwhile, Brown had an explanation for his big rebounding performance.
“That’s an area of our team that teams try to attack. So you just got to get in there, get in the fight, and give your team an opportunity to win… That’s definitely a challenge I take,” Brown told the media.
It was the eighth time in 45 games this season that Brown has notched double-digit rebounds. His 6.9 rebounds per game this season are tied with his career high from 2022-23.
The Bucks are one of the worst rebounding teams in the league, ranking 29th in rebounds per game, so it’s not surprising that Brown was able to take advantage and dominate on the glass.