Celtics star Jaylen Brown trusts backup point guard Payton Pritchard, and that was evident in Boston's Monday night win over the Heat.

On Sunday evening, the Boston Celtics will be without one of their best two players when they face off against the Cavs in Ohio. Right before tip off, the Celt

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said Brown is out with a non-COVID illness while White is dealing with a foot sprain suffered in the third quarter of Friday's win over Chicago. Brown averages 24.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists while White is the team's best on-the-ball defender.

Jaylen Brown scored 16 of his team-high 28 points in the first quarter of the victory, leading six different Celtics that scored in double figures on the night. The balanced production came without Jayson Tatum (knee) or Jrue Holiday (knee) in the lineup, the first game the Celtics have played all season without Tatum.

Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis led the way for the Jayson Tatum-less Celtics as they took down the Pistons on Wednesday night.

Jaylen Brown had 29 points and Payton Pritchard scored 25 off the bench to lead the Boston Celtics to a 108-89 victory over the Miami Heat.

Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Jayson Tatum had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Payton Pritchard scored 25 off the bench on Monday night as the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 108-89. Derrick White added 19 points as the defending NBA champions won for the eighth time in nine games.

Jaylen Brown rattled in 29 points as the Boston Celtics got back to winning ways with a 108-89 rout of the Miami Heat on Monday.