The Celtics are very unlikely to be able to repeat as champs without the Cal alum, so why is he playing in what are meaningless late-season tilts?

The Celtics saw their nine-game win streak snapped after losing to Miami on Wednesday. The Suns are in free-fall currently as they’ve lost their last four games. They will also be without Kevin Durant, who sprained his ankle earlier this week. Bradley Beal, though, will suit up for the first time in eight games.

Jaylen Brown is one of those players. Brown has been dealing with a knee injury that has plagued him most of the year. He has tried to manage it with certain treatments so that he can still play in a decent number of games.