Boston will need Brown at his best during the game's highest stakes. During last year's playoff run, Brown won NBA Finals MVP and Eastern Conference Finals MVP, averaging 23.9 points, 5.9 points, 3.3 assists, and 1.2 steals while shooting 51.6% from the field and 32.7% from three.

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla doesn't anticipate Jaylen Brown's right knee injury preventing him from appearing in the playoffs. Mazzulla told reporters on Sunday that he's "a hundred percent" confident that Brown would be ready for the start of the playoffs,