Four figures that demonstrate how Jaylen Brown contributed to the victory

When the Celtics concluded 2023 with the best record in the NBA, Jaylen Brown was questioned about the team’s current state and his goals for 2024.

On Monday night at Indiana, Jaylen Brown scored 40 points, which is a season record. More likely, it ought to have been 42. Let’s move on from this.

This season, Boston hasn’t had much joy traveling to Indiana. They lost to the Pacers in the NBA In-Season Tournament in December, and there were several dubious decisions in the last minutes of Monday’s game, including one when Brown attempted to put the Celtics ahead.

Brown should return to Indiana for the NBA All-Star Game the following month. As he freely acknowledges, Brown is

We highlighted four of Brown’s most noteworthy stats for this week’s Forsberg Four on Celtics Post Up. Here are four distinct ways that Brown has contributed to Boston’s best-ever basketball record.

That’s the amount of transitional possessions that Brown averages per game, which leads the league. Brown is the one that drives the Celtics’ offense the most because he wants to run and get easy shots while the other team’s defense is double back.

Brown leads only Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8.3) in the NBA with his 7.6 points per game in transition. We won’t argue with Brown’s intentions even though he hasn’t shot as consistently in transition as he did in past seasons—dropping from 63 percent last year to 55.7 percent this year. When the Celtics pick up the pace, they perform at their best, and Brown is frequently the sparkplug.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brown, SGA, De’Aaron Fox, and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the only six NBA players that average more than five transition possessions per game.

When it comes to qualifying high-volume players who deny at least 10 shots each game this season, Brown has the best defensive field goal percentage in the NBA.

According to NBA statistics, Brown is preventing opponents from making field goals at a rate that is 5.8% lower than projected. With that ranking, he joins a group led primarily by centers like as Joel Embiid, Bam Adebayo, Rudy Gobert, and Victor Wembanayama, ranking in the top 10 in the league.

An in-depth analysis of Brown’s defense was conducted earlier this week. In summary, Brown is now more frequently blocking at the attack point and disrupting opposing players with his length and quickness.

Given the defensive talent on Boston’s roster, Brown wanted to be selected to the All-Defense team, but that is a difficult feat. Nevertheless, he’s thrust