Jaylen Brown Leads Celtics to Tone-Setting Win in Game 1 vs. Cavaliers

The two-time All-Star relentlessly attacked the rim, operating with tempo and muscling defenders like Isaac Okoro to hold his ground as he got to the cup.

The Cavaliers went 6/12 from behind the arc in the first 12 minutes and converted on 13/26 shots from the field, helping them enter the second quarter down 40-34 despite their struggles to get stops at the other end. The Celtics stuck with double-big lineups for much of the second period. That included Xavier Tillman Sr. getting rotation minutes for the first time this postseason, working with Al Horford.

Conversely, with Jayson Tatum struggling and Brown cooling off, only scoring five points in the 12 minutes before halftime, the Celtics went 8/25 from the floor, including 3/12 from beyond the arc. Circling back to Tatum, the five-time All-Star's rough first half featured a 4/12 shooting performance that included going 0/3 from three-point range.

That gave White seven threes for the evening and 20 in his last three games. According to NBC Sports Boston's stats guru , the only other players in NBA playoff history with at least that many makes from beyond the arc in a three-game stretch are Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Damian Lillard, and Jamal Murray.

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