There was little chance Jaylen Brown was going to sit out a game with the Celtics starting 0-3 for the first time in more than a decade. Brown’s battled a hamstring strain early this season that’s landed him on the injury report a few times.

So, even in the second game of a back-to-back, the C’s star said he wasn’t planning to sit until his team got things back on track. That’s exactly what happened Monday as the Celtics beat the Pelicans to snap their losing streak. Brown put up 15 points and seven rebounds in his 24 minutes, playing through the hamstring ailmnet.

“I had to get on the floor,” Brown told reporters in New Orleans, via CLNS Media . “We had to find a way to get the win, so I was going to play until we figured that part out. From my body standpoint, just managing it. J

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