Overview
- Brown led Boston with 34 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and three blocks, then said "I’ve got to be better" after the home defeat to Detroit.
- He pointed to a late turnover, biting on a shot fake and a 7-for-14 night at the foul line as key errors in the fourth quarter.
- The Celtics shot 25.6% from three, and outside of Brown and Derrick White the offense produced 40 points on 15-of-39 shooting, underscoring support concerns.
- White scored 31 and publicly defended Brown, stressing that the loss was a collective failure rather than one player’s fault.
- Brown downplayed a brief physical exchange with Isaiah Stewart as "having fun," and the result left Boston 15–11 during Jayson Tatum’s recovery.