Locked On Celtics POSTCAST- Brown Shines Early...Celtics Extend Win Streak

The Boston Celtics extended their current win streak to a season-high 5 in a row with Sunday's (107-105) win over the Minnesota Timberwolves Sunday at TD Garden.  Jaylen Brown hit 7 3's and led the Celtics with 29.  Jayson Tatum knocked down 5 3's and scored 26.  Anthony Edwards scored 28 in the loss for Minnesota.  Timberwolves had a chance to hit the game-winning 3 at the buzzer, but missed and time ran out.

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Special Start- Jaylen Brown opened up the game by scoring the Celtics 1st 15 points on 5-for-5 from the 3-point line.  The Celtics led 15-6 and then the Timberwolves went on an 11-0 run to go up, 17-15. Brown was 5-8 from the field at one point in the 1st Quarter and the rest of his teammates were a combined 0-for-10.  Payton Pritchard scored 5 points late in the 1st Quarter and his 1st 3-pointer of the game pulled the Celtics to within 3 after 1 Quarter.  Brown with 5 3's in a quarter for the 4th time in his career.

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Celtics Scoring:  Derrick White added 19 points in the win.  White also had 9 rebounds and 5 assists.  Rudy Gobert had 10 points and 20 rebounds, 8 on the offensive end.   

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What's On Tap?: The Celtics conclude their 3rd back-to-back of the season Monday night when they host the Los Angeles Clippers.  Celtics are 2-0 on the 2nd game of a back-to-back already on the season.  The Celtics will have 3 straight nights off after Monday's match-up with the Clippers and will play the Bulls in Chicago next Friday and then play at Cleveland next Sunday.  Boston is in a stretch of playing 7 of 9 at home.            

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