Jaylen Brown Made Celtics History With His 30-Point Outing Against Milwaukee In Game 2

The Boston Celtics are in a weird spot this postseason. The team came into its series against the Milwaukee Bucks with some major questions about who was going to be “the man.” Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward are both out for the season, and Al Horford is at his best when he gets to do a little bit of everything on the basketball court.

As we saw in Game 2, second-year guard Jaylen Brown seems more than up for the challenge of leading the Celtics as the team tries to progress through the playoffs. Brown, who doesn’t turn 22 until October, became the youngest player in team history to drop 30 points in a postseason game in Boston’s 120-106 victory over the Bucks.

While he wasn’t considered an ultra-refined offensive player coming into the NBA like his partner on the perimeter, Jayson Tatum, Brown was fantastic on that end on Tuesday, connecting on 12 of his 22 field goal attempts and generally looking like a major headache for Milwaukee. Watch how easily he was able to get to the rim early on in the game.

Brown’s jumper was true as well, whether he was setting up his own shot or getting found by Terry Rozier, who went for 23 points and eight assists on the evening.

In addition to the aforementioned Celtics record, the 30 points on the evening were a career-high for Brown. Now that the series is moving to Milwaukee and the home team will be down 0-2, it’s reasonable to expect that the Bucks will play with a little more urgency. Boston is a team that, in the absence of its stars, finds ways to win games collectively. But if Brown is able to keep playing like this, it’ll be an pleasant surprise and, perhaps, a boost that the Celtics can ride to a postseason run.