Brown and Derrick White each scored 28 points to help the short-handed Boston Celtics bounce back from a disappointing loss at Golden State with a 144-119 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.
Boston blew a 17-point lead before losing to the Warriors in overtime Tuesday night and played without leading scorer Jayson Tatum (ankle) and big man Al Horford (rest) against the Kings.
But the Celtics looked like the far fresher team and rolled to their sixth win in seven games.
Kristaps Porzingis, who missed the game against Golden State because of a calf injury, dominated the interior for Boston with 24 points, nine rebounds and six blocked shots.
De’Aaron Fox scored 29 points on his 26th birthday to lead the Kings, who had won three straight games.
Joel Embiid scored a season-high 51 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Philadelphia 76ers used a big fourth quarter to close out Minnesota Timberwolves.
Tyrese Maxey scored 35 points as Philadelphia (19-8) won for the seventh time in eight games, bouncing back nicely after a 108-104 loss to Chicago on Monday night.
Minnesota (20-6) got 27 points from Anthony Edwards, 23 points from Karl-Anthony Towns and 21 from Jaden McDaniels.
The Timberwolves entered Wednesday night as winners of nine of their last 10 games and possessors of the league’s best record.
Embiid recorded his 12th straight game with 30 or more points and 10-plus rebounds.
It is the NBA’s longest such streak since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it in 16 straight games for the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1971-72 season.
