Boston Celtics 99-102 Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 talking points 

#4 With bigger opportunities on the horizon, Boston's young wings show promise

Jaylen Brown

Hayward was ruled out early in the game and their backup forward Marcus Morris was declared inactive before the game, so it was down to the Celtics' young wings to step up if the team wanted to put up any competition.

And they did just that.

Jaylen Brown scored a team-high 25 points on 11-of-23 shooting while also recording six rebounds and 2 steals in his 40 minutes of action. Rookie Jayson Tatum started slow but eventually finished with an impressive stat line of 14 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-12 shooting.

These young wings along with Morris are going to play huge minutes whenever the team goes small. Therefore, it was imperative that they get some confidence going and their performance against the Cavaliers should give them that and much more.