Jaylen Brown Drops 35, Becomes 8th Celtic to Score 2,000 in a Season

Jaylen Brown dropped 35 points and 9 rebounds as the Celtics beat the Hornets 113-102 on Monday night. And somewhere in that performance, he crossed a line that only seven Celtics have ever crossed — 2,000 points in a single season.

Think about that list. Bird. Pierce. Havlicek. Tatum. The company JB is keeping right now is absurd. He came into the night averaging 28.7 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 5.2 assists on 47.6% shooting in 69 games. That is a career year in every sense of the word.

Boston is 54-25 and sitting in the 2-seed in the East behind Detroit. Brown has been the engine all year — not just scoring, but playmaking and defending at a level that makes the Celtics championship contenders again. This is the Jaylen Brown that Boston bet on when they gave him the supermax. He is paying it back with interest.