Jaylen Brown turns 25 on Oct 24: A look at his five highest-scoring games

The Boston Celtics drafted Jaylen Brown third overall in the 2016 NBA Draft as a project player. However, Brown has turned into one of the better scoring wings in the NBA. On October 24th Brown will be turning 25 in his sixth season in the NBA. In those five full seasons, he has gotten better and better every season, and last season Brown popped off, having all of his top five scoring performances.

For his career, Brown is averaging 15.2 points on 47% from the field and 38% from three, but his career can be broken into two parts. In the first three seasons, Brown averaged 11.2, shooting 46% and 37% from three. These seasons were the development period for Brown, as he mostly played as a defensive player. Brown has had one All-Star appearance in the last two seasons, averaging 22.5 points, shooting 48% and 39%, while also taking 8.3 more shots.

Brown has already shown off his offensive talent, breaking his career-high on opening night against the New York Knicks, but here are all of Brown’s top-scoring performances.

#5 Jaylen Brown, 39 points, 4/27/21 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown taking a layup

In a game that co-star Jayson Tatum was out, Jaylen Brown took over, scoring 39 points on 26 shots. Brown also went 4-11 from three, but his 9-9 at the free throw line helped his scoring. Brown also added 11 rebounds and four steals to show that he was doing it on both ends of the court.

Even though Brown can put up big numbers with Tatum on the court, more of an offensive load is placed on Brown’s shoulders when Tatum is out. Brown took advantage of that on this night by taking his 26 shots and shooting 50%. Taking 11 threes was upon his career average, which was 7.1, but he stayed around his season avenge from three shooting 36%, compared to 40%. Brown was also attacking the rim more than usual, taking nine free throws, compared to just 4.3 on his season average.

Despite Brown’s big night, the Celtics lost by four points against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

#4 Jaylen Brown, 40 points, 4/15/21 vs. Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers v Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown playing the Los Angeles Lakers

Jaylen Brown played alongside Tatum in this game, who didn’t play badly, but Brown took over as he scored 40 points on just 20 attempts. Brown was an insane 85% from the field and 60% from three on just five shots. Brown also added nine rebounds to beat the Los Angeles Lakers by eight points.

In this game, Brown was just hot, shooting 17-20 from the field and 3-5 from three and making all three of his free throw attempts. If any NBA player is just as hot as Brown was that night, it will be a good scoring night.

#3 Jaylen Brown, 42 points, 1/22/21vs Philadelphia 76ers

Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown shooting against Philadelphia 76ers

Tatum sat out another game, and Brown was able to take over the offense. Brown scored 42 points on a very efficient 16-28 while shooting 5-8 from three. He contributed another nine rebounds in a 12 point loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Brown’s 57% from the field and 63% from three helped in a highly efficient night, but sadly his scoring output was not enough. He did step up in Tatum’s absence but had very little more help from the rest of the team on offense.

Brown also made less of an impact on defense, only recording a steal and a block, as he had to turn his attention more to the offensive side of the court.

#2 Jaylen Brown, 42 points, 12/20/20 vs. Memphis Grizzlies

Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown driving into the paint

Jaylen Brown shot the heck out of the ball from three in his 42 point win over the Memphis Grizzlies. He scored his 42 points in just 29 minutes, making seven threes, for his career's third most made threes. Brown put up 18 points in the second quarter alone and followed that up with 16 in the third. He ended up sitting out the entire fourth quarter because of how big of a lead Brown had put the Celtics in.

In those 29 minutes, Brown was able to take just 21 shots, making 15 of them, and going 7-10 from three. He shot 71% from the field and was hot whenever he had the ball in his hands. Brown added three more free throws on six attempts.

Brown pretty much just offered up his scoring for the game, only tallying four rebounds, three assists and one steal. However, his scoring night was the second-best of his career, as he put up an efficient 42 points in no time whatsoever.

#1 Jaylen Brown, 46 points, 10/20/21 vs. New York Knicks

Boston Celtics All-Stars Jayson Tatum (left) and Jaylen Brown (right)

What a way to start the 2021-22 NBA season for Jaylen Brown, setting a new scoring career-high in a double-overtime loss to the New York Knicks. In the 46 minutes that Brown played, he put up 46 points, which is not the most efficient point-to-minute ratio on this list, but it is still his career-high in points.

Brown did shoot 53% from the field on 30 attempts while making eight threes, the second-most of his career, shooting 57% from behind the arc. Brown started hot, scoring 20 points in the first quarter, only missing two shots and making all three of his three-point attempts.

It was Brown's most complete game as he added nine rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block. He dominated the game and hit some clutch threes down the stretch to keep the Celtics close late.