Jaylen Brown Just Did Something Only Larry Bird Has Done For Celtics

Anytime you’re mentioned in the same breath as Larry Bird, you’re probably doing something pretty special. Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown earned that distinction on Saturday night when he registered a huge game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Brown’s stat line of 41 points (17-for-32 FG), seven assists, six rebounds and five steals made him only the second player in Celtics history to have a single game with 40+ points, 5+ rebounds, 5+ assists and 5+ steals, the other being Larry Legend.

Jaylen Brown and Larry Bird are the only Celtics to reach these marks in a single game:

40+ points
5+ rebounds
5+ assists
5+ steals pic.twitter.com/lfwYRYTvGc

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) November 30, 2025

Brown has put forth a Herculean effort for the Celtics this season. He’s among the top few players in the entire NBA in usage, and he hasn’t missed a single game for Bosotn yet (despite dealing with injuries), averaging 28.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists on 49.8 percent shooting.

Brown has kept the Celtics competitive during a year that many people assumed they’d be a lottery team. Jayson Tatum has been sidelined as he continues to rehab his Achilles, and the Celts lost four major members of their championship core this past offseason with the departures of Jrue Holiday, Al Horford, Luke Kornet and Kristaps Porzingis.

But Brown has kept grinding, and he’s teamed up with Boston’s other staples — Derrick White and Payton Pritchard — to prevent a drop-off.

Brown won an NBA Finals MVP and has made a Second Team All-NBA (2023), but this current season so far is his magnum opus and greatest gift to the Celtics franchise. JB has taken on the largest burden of his career, and he’s thriving.

Let’s hope Brown can stay healthy and the Celtics can keep playing winning basketball. It’s been one of the most interesting and rewarding seasons to watch from a die-hard fan’s perspective, but then again, the campaign is only about a quarter of the way through.

Now that the Celtics have shown they can be a playoff team, falling short of a postseason berth would be a disappointment. The goal posts appear to have changed, but you get the feeling that Brown and Co. have known all along that they were going to remain a winning team in 2025-26.