MVP: Can Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics SUSTAIN Historic Scoring to Dominate the NBA?

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🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown racks up another Player of the Week award, drawing real MVP buzz after nine straight games of 30+ points—a feat matched only by Larry Bird in franchise history. Can Brown sustain this electric scoring streak, and should he be in the thick of the MVP race as Drake Maye suggests? The panel breaks down Brown’s transformation into the Celtics’ No. 1 option, examining his efficiency from the mid-range to beyond the arc and what it means for Boston’s playoff prospects. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal and Tom Westerholm of Boston.com spotlight what’s driving Brown’s success, analyze the tough shots fueling his hot streak, and question whether this historic run is a product of improved skills or simply an extended heater. The conversation explores Derrick White’s uneven play, the team’s search for a reliable secondary scorer, and how Brown’s workload could impact the Celtics heading into the demanding January schedule. Will Brown’s incredible season hold together as the NBA grind continues?

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0:00.0	another award for Jalen Brown.
0:03.4	Can he really keep this up for a whole season?
0:06.1	Is he really going to be an MVP candidate?
0:08.7	Like Drake May said?
0:10.1	We'll talk about it right now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast.
0:14.8	Uh-huh.
0:16.4	Yup.
0:18.4	Be in town.
0:19.6	Be ever ready.
0:22.8	It's the C's. Who else it be What they gonna say now?
0:24.4	Screaming like JT.
0:25.6	Corralic, we kept a madness every game, every practice
0:28.3	Crime time, Deb and D. White on the sideline.
0:31.3	Rain and Jace how we started.
0:32.6	Raised Ben, that's how we finish.
0:33.9	Locked on Celtics pod home of the winners.
0:36.8	Be.
0:40.6	Hey there. Welcome back to the locked on selfics podcast right here in the lockdown podcast network where is your team every day your team is
0:45.1	the boss and Celtics and i talk about them every monday through friday on
0:48.6	saturdays and sundays whenever they have a game on the weekends shows free it free. It's available everywhere. Wherever you get your podcast, you can find this on YouTube as well. I'm John Corrales. If you're new to the show and you don't know me, I'm a beat writer that covers the Celtics for Boston Sports Journal. I've been doing a version of this job for about 20 years now. I've been hosting this podcast for 10, and I've written a couple books about this team.
1:14.5	So long resume.
1:16.0	It's a much longer resume that I'm prepared to admit, but I have to.
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