Jaylen Brown with career outing in Celtics blowout win over Grizzlies

Jaylen with career-best 42 poiints in 29 minutes

The Memphis Grizzlies were without their star point guard, Ja Morant (injury), and the Boston Celtics cruised to an easy 126-107 victory. Boston had a star of their own, and his name is Jaylen Brown.

Jaylen could do nothing wrong in this one, pouring in a career-best 42 points in only 29 minutes of action. He shot 15-of-21 from the field, 5-of-6 on threes and 5-of-6 from the foul line. His balanced stat line included five rebounds and four assists.

Jaylen Brown with a spectacular showing versus Memphis. The work he has put into his game is showing.

Jaylen Brown Highlights vs Memphis Grizzlies (42 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast) https://t.co/VmOcHly4Tf via @YouTube

— Tom Lane (@CelticsSentinel) December 31, 2020

Brown simply looked quietly dominant out there. We didn't see his superior athleticism on display. Instead, Jaylen smartly settled for solid fundamentals, and almost everything he did just worked. Layups, turnaround jumpers, 3-pointers - it didn't matter. Almost everything went in. He settled in on the bench for the entire fourth quarter and cheered on the youngsters. He had already done his work for the night.