Boston Celtics wings Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have a growing contingent of support for the Beantown duo earning their All-Star laurels this season.
Friday's win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, in which Tatum and Brown combined to score 64 points, further bolstered their collective All-Star case as the Celtics are 3.5 games behind Eastern Conference top seed Milwaukee Bucks.
Head coach Brad Stevens called the Tatum-Brown connection “unique” after the victory, per Boston Sports Journal's Brian Robb on Twitter.
Brad Stevens on Tatum/Brown duo: "We've known from the moment they stepped on the court together…you could see it was pretty unique."
— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) December 27, 2019
Meanwhile, both Brown and Tatum alluded to great things ahead of them and Boston in the near future.
Jaylen Brown: “Our best days are ahead of us.”
— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) December 28, 2019
Jayson Tatum on connection with Jaylen Brown: “We’ve been through a lot together.”
— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) December 28, 2019
After the departure of All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving in free agency last summer — and even with the arrival of three-time All-Star Kemba Walker — the question of who will step up for the Celtics in this next phase has permeated around the team. It looks like there isn't a singular answer, however, as both Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have taken strides in their respective games during the 2019-20 season.
Brown is averaging a career-best 20.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game entering Friday's contest while shooting 51.4 percent from the field and 39.1 percent from 3-point range.
Meanwhile, Tatum is averaging 21.3 points and 7.2 rebounds a game, shooting 41.5 percent from the floor and 35.6 percent from deep in his third year in the league.
Tatum and Brown are averaging 20-plus points alongside Walker, who is leading the Celtics in scoring at 22.6. Two more players in Gordon Hayward and Marcus Smart are averaging double-digit scoring figures for the Beantown team this season.
The Celtics are currently 22-7 on the season and are riding a five-game winning streak. Before facing the Cavs, they took down the likes of Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Hornets and Toronto Raptors.
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