Brown scored 19 in 23 minutes after missing the team’s previous eight games with a right hamstring strain. “Everybody on our team tonight in that second half did a good job of coming in and providing us energy.”

The win was Brooklyn’s third straight and sixth in seven games.

Brooklyn continues to play without former Celtics All-Star guard Kyrie Irving, who remains away from the team due to his decision not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Wednesday’s game will mark Brooklyn’s first trip to Boston since Game 4 of their first-round playoff series last season.

Brooklyn won the series in five games after sweeping its three-game series with Boston in last year’s regular season.