Jaylen Brown won’t play Saturday night time in Toronto.
The Celtics dominated out their main scorer for his or her highway matchup with the Raptors. The staff initially listed Brown as uncertain for the sport with an sickness.
Brown performed 35 minutes Friday night time, recording 30 factors, 9 rebounds, seven assists and one steal in a 129-116 win over the Miami Heat at TD Backyard. The four-time All-Star wing has scored not less than 30 factors in every of his final six video games and 9 of his final 10. He entered Saturday ranked sixth within the NBA in factors per recreation (29.3) behind Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Maxey, Donovan Mitchell and Nikola Jokic.
This would be the second DNP of the season for Brown. The primary additionally got here throughout a back-to-back: Brown was dominated out with an sickness for a Dec. 4 recreation towards the Washington Wizards that Boston won 146-101. He returned the subsequent night time to tally 30-8-8 in a win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Jayson Tatum (Achilles) was the one different Celtics participant dominated out for Saturday’s recreation. The Raptors might be with out starters RJ Barrett (knee) and Jakob Poeltl (again).
Boston took the primary assembly between the Atlantic Division opponents this season, beating Toronto 121-113 at Scotiabank Area on Dec. 7.
