Jaylen Brown on Instagram: Jaylen Brown should be an All-Star

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What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
Best and worst from #Sixers–#Celtics: No answers for Jaylen Brown, horrid shooting, and more inquirer.com/sixers/philade… via @phillyinquirer – 8:17 AM

Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
#Best and #worst from #Sixers–#Celtics: No answers for Jaylen Brown, horrid shooting, and more inquirer.com/sixers/philade… via @phillyinquirer – 5:17 AM

Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Jaylen Brown: “This is one of the best defensive teams in my career. We’ve had some really good defensive units, but it feels hard to score on us. It feels really good. It feels connected.” – 10:40 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
Jaylen Brown: “Over the last 10 games or so, the game has been easy.”
Brown said improved spacing has made things easier on everybody, including the playmakers. – 10:39 PM

Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Jaylen Brown: “This is a game we all talked about. We wanted this one. And we came out and got the job done.” – 10:37 PM

Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Jaylen Brown if he knew he was feeling it early: “Uhhh you could say that.” – 10:36 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
Jaylen Brown: “This is a game that we all talked about like, ‘We want this one.’”
He said the Celtics want to keep their streak going through the break. And they wanted to respond after getting beaten badly by the 76ers in their last matchup. – 10:36 PM

Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
Jaylen Brown: “This is a game we all talked about…We wanted this one.” – 10:35 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are back ahead of the 76ers, 57-56, with 1:23 left in the third quarter. This is the real game now. – 9:20 PM

Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
It is now Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown 57, Philadelphia 56 with 1:23 to go in the third quarter of this game. – 9:19 PM

John Hollinger @johnhollinger
Jaylen Brown with a last-ditch effort to put Boston back in the tax – 9:14 PM

Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
It’s the middle of the third quarter in Philly. Every 76ers player not named Joel Embiid has combined for 29 points, which is exactly what Jaylen Brown has scored by himself so far.
Celts up 37. – 9:09 PM

John Karalis @John_Karalis
This kind of night for Boston so far…. one errant pass ends up being a Marcus Smart breakaway and now a Jaylen Brown lost dribble goes to Derrick White for an and-1. – 9:02 PM

Abby Chin @tvabby
Jaylen Brown so hot tonight, he shoots the technical free throw. #Celtics lead up to 35. – 9:01 PM

John Karalis @John_Karalis
Major answer by the Celtics after the Philly run. They took the punch and answered with a 9-0 run to push the lead to 27 at the half. They outscored Philly 32-22 in the 1st and 37-20 in the 2nd. Jaylen Brown has 26. Tatum has 16, which means it’s the Jays 42-Philly 42 – 8:42 PM

Abby Chin @tvabby
Jaylen Brown with a big grin after hitting an off-balance 3 to end the half. #Celtics up 69-42 at the break. Attn: @trenni 😉 – 8:41 PM

Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
Jaylen Brown finishes the game with 26 points and 6 rebounds…no wait I’m told it’s just halftime. – 8:41 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
Jaylen Brown had 26 first-half points. Jayson Tatum had 16. Together, they are tied with the entire 76ers roster at halftime. – 8:40 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
Marcus Smart appears to be in serious pain after drawing a foul on Joel Embiid. He just smacked the court. Jaylen Brown then gestured over for the medical staff to help, and now Smart is being helped off the court. – 8:26 PM

Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Challenge unsuccessful…foul upheld free throws for Jaylen Brown. – 8:23 PM

Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
The Celtics are absolutely demolishing the Sixers so far tonight. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have outscored Philadelphia by themselves (31-28). Boston is out to a 52-28 lead midway through the second quarter. – 8:16 PM

Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
Jaylen Brown walks into a triple and that triggers a Doc Rivers timeout. The Celtics are 10/13 from deep and they have a 52-28 lead with 6:39 to go in the 2nd quarter. #Sixers – 8:15 PM

Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
This first quarter has put on display the really interesting matchups in a potential playoff series between these teams. The 76ers will really struggle to stop Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and the Celtics will have the same issues stopping Joel Embiid. – 7:59 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
Jaylen Brown shot 10 for 33 over the two most recent games combined. He already has eight points on 3-for-3 shooting over the first three minutes here. – 7:38 PM

Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Eight early points for Jaylen Brown. He’s been on the attack from the tip in this one. – 7:38 PM

Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Celtics starters tonight:
Al Horford
Grant Williams
Jayson Tatum
Jaylen Brown
Marcus Smart
76ers starters:
Joel Embiid
Tobias Harris
Matisse Thybulle
Danny Green
Tyrese Maxey – 7:32 PM

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