Jaylen Brown matches Larry Bird’s Celtics record with 30+ points in eight straight games.

Jaylen Brown has matched Larry Bird’s Celtics record by scoring 30 or more points in eight straight games, becoming the only other player in franchise history to do so. With Jayson Tatum out due to an Achilles injury, Brown has averaged 29.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 4.9 assists while shooting 49.7% from the field and 36.4% from three. In a 140-122 win over the Pacers, he scored 30 points in 32 minutes, adding four assists, four steals, and three rebounds. The Celtics are 6-3 during his streak and hold the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 19-11 record. Brown is now one game away from tying Bird’s nine-game scoring streak.