And with a chance to tie the series up at two games on Monday, Brown thinks the Game 3 success serves as a confidence booster.

The Celtics infamously fell into a 0-2 series hole after blowing a 20-point lead in both Games 1 and 2 of the East Semis series.

Brown finished with 19 points, hitting a pair of threes and applying constant pressure through aggressive drives. While Jayson Tatum and Payton Pritchard lit up the scoreboard from outside, it was Brown’s interior presence that often initiated Boston’s best offensive sequences.

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