WATCH: Boston Celtics star forward Jaylen Brown picks right back up where he left off

You would never have guessed he is not quite 100%.

You might not even have noticed anything was different from the absolute tear Boston Celtics All-Star forward Jaylen Brown was on to start the 2021-22 NBA season Monday night against the Houston Rockets as the Georgia native hung 19 points on the team his Celtics blew out 108 – 90.

But Brown did it in just 23 minutes of playing time, still on a minutes restriction out of concern for his health after having returned from an eight-game absence due to a strained right hamstring, something of a recurrent injury for the Cal-Berkeley product over the last couple of seasons.

On the most recent episode of the CLNS Media podcast “The Garden Report,” the crew talks all things Jaylen Brown and hamstring injury, assessing his level of play as well as his postgame admission he was not quite back to his 100% self.

Watch the clip embedded above to hear their takes on Brown’s play vs. Houston, his injury an

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