It was Jaylen Brown who set the tone for the Boston Celtics on Sunday afternoon against the Golden State Warriors, on both ends of the court, that is.

Brown connected on three straight 3-pointers midway through the first quarter. He finished the frame having scored 19-points on 6-of-12 shooting and made 5-of-9 attempts from deep.

The way this happened was due to Draymond Green being the primary defender to start the game on Brown. Green essentially gave Brown adequate space in a better effort for himself to protect the paint.

It’s unknown if that was the game plan or not, as Green said that the decision was made only prior to tipoff, but the Warriors essentially dared Brown to take those shots, and to his credit, he hit them.

During his postgame press conference, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said that it was a matter of “trying different things” in regard to Brown being left open to shoot. It seems like Kerr was more focused on protecting the paint and backdoor actions than Boston’s shooting.

After the game, Brown let everyone know that he passed the test, but that he did feel disrespected by the way the Warriors guarded him.

Brown said this after the game, to sum it all up for the rest of the league:

“If you want to dare me to shoot, we can do that too.”

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