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Jaylen Brown is quickly climbing up the Boston Celtics’ all-time scoring list.
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When the season started, he was ranked 15th. He now ranks 10th after surpassing four Celtics legends, including two on Wednesday night alone.
Brown scored 32 points, including 19 in the first quarter alone, as Boston defeated the Golden State Warriors 120-99 at TD Garden. In this game, he scored 13,202 points in his career, surpassing Joe Joe White and Dave Cowens to become the 10th player in Celtics history.
Brown is still only 29 years old, so his career may only be half over at this point. He still has a lot of basketball to play.
Meanwhile, Jayson Tatum also cracks the top ten. He scored 24 points against the Warriors, ranking ninth with 13,908 career points.
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Despite missing most of the season with an Achilles injury and starting his career a year after Brown, Tatum still has a significant scoring advantage over Brown.
As long as Tatum is healthy, it will be difficult for Brown to catch him. However, together they can try to move up the rankings. Next up is Bill Russell, who ranks eighth with 14,522 points, so Tatum may have to wait until next season to surpass him.
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