Jaylen Brown has won 66 career playoff games heading into tonight’s Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which gives Brown, 27, the same number of playoff victories as the entire Los Angeles Clippers franchise.
With a Boston Celtics win Tuesday at TD Garden, the Clippers would become the fourth NBA franchise with fewer playoff wins than Brown, joining the Magic, Raptors and Grizzlies.
Brown also has a legitimate chance to pass the Brooklyn Nets in the following weeks. If the Celtics are able to advance past the Indiana Pacers and into the 2024 NBA Finals, Brown will need just one victory in the Finals to move past the Nets’ playoff win total of 70.
Brown’s playoff success with the Celtics since entering the NBA is remarkable. Brown has reached the Eastern Conference Finals in no less than six of his eight seasons spent in the league so far, with averages of 18.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists over 115 total playoff games.
Of course, Brown’s playoff victories point to the consistency of the Celtics franchise as a whole over the last decade. Although the Brad Stevens era in Boston (with Stevens first as head coach and now as GM) has yet to produce an NBA championship, Boston has been in the title mix for years.
Since 2014, only LeBron James has appeared in more Conference Finals (seven) than Jaylen Brown, whose six appearances now tie Brown in second-place with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala for most Conference Finals appearances in the past decade.
