Nice win. That said Boston was -4 in Brown's 42 minutes and +6 in the 6 minutes he was on the bench, so you know better with him on the bench.
Smart was awful before he got hurt though. Team was a lit better today without him.
You watched the game right?
I don’t need to look at the box score to know that Jaylen was way down in +/- early and played winning basketball to close the game. Did similarly v. GS. I bet he was + double figures in the 2nd half.
27/8/6.
He played the whole 2nd half I believe, so +9, which makes him -13 in the first half. Smart was bad. Team was lot a better without him, so maybe Smart brought everyone down in that first half or maybe, Brown's lack of getting to the line, lack of passing, and turnovers contributed to the poor play with the Smart/Brown/Horford trio in the 1st half. Brown obviously played better in the 2nd half.
My post though was in relation to others bumping this thread after Boston won a game without Tatum and thereby my argument driven by years of data must be horrible.
And just to be clear, there is a difference between not having much of an impact on winning and being a detriment to winning. I don't think Brown is a detriment to winning, I just don't think he drives the needle all that much. Even in this game, the team was better on the scoreboard when he was on the bench. That is quite simply a fact.