On Wednesday, Nov. 26, Amari Williams played a sizeable role in the Boston Celtics‘ win over the Detroit Pistons. Williams, the 46th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, has spent most of the season with the Maine Celtics in the G League.

Jaylen Brown has gotten off to a ridiculously hot start for the Boston Celtics this season, picking up the slack in Jayson Tatum’s absence. Brown has taken over the Celtics’ offense with Tatum sidelined,

"Great win, so any given night we can play with anybody," said the Georgia native postgame. "Detroit’s been playing great basketball, and (had) a great win streak, but we were able to come out, and we played at a high level, and we got the dub."

Brown recently made Celtics history by becoming the third player in team history to reach 500 points in a season by the 18th game.

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In the absence of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown has begun to emerge as an All-NBA candidate. The explosive forward has scored 30 or more points in nine of his 18 outings, and has been held to under 20 points in just three games.

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has made a surprising and honest admission about his time with the team, revealing he seriously considered asking for a trade after growing tired of the constant rumors.

Payton Pritchard and Derrick White had 15 points apiece for the Celtics, who evened their record at .500 by winning their third straight after beginning the season with three consecutive losses. Boston evened a 117-116 season-opening defeat to the 76ers on Oct. 22.

The Celtics needed just about every shot and momentum swing they could get as they beat the Pistons on Wednesday.

The Celtics came out firing against the Magic before trailing off in the fourth quarter. Jaylen Brown later discussed how to prevent similar lapses.