Jaylen Brown leads Celtics past Warriors "inspired" after death of his best friend

Jaylen Brown scored 22 points with 7 rebounds and 2 blocks in Celtics’ win to Warriors 92-88.

Per ESPN, Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown helped his team to its 14th consecutive win Thursday night, just hours after learning his best friend, Trevin Steede, had died in Atlanta.

"My best friend passed last night. It was tough to kind of accept it," Brown said. "Everybody was kind of in shock. But I knew coming into today that he would have wanted me to play. It was hard getting my thoughts together, but after talking to his mom and his family, they inspired me to come out and play.

"I wasn't in any shape to come out. I didn't want to leave my room. But they inspired me to come out and play. And I came out and played in his spirit today. My teammates held me up and we pulled it out."

That one was for you bro !! #RIP pic.twitter.com/Rnvy54Wsh2

— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) 17 novembre 2017

Immediately after Thursday's game, Kyrie Irving sought out Brown and gave him the game ball.
"Ky gave me the game ball and said, 'This one was for Trevin,' " Brown said. "That meant a lot to me."