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'We didn't come to Cleveland for the weather, so let's go': How Jaylen Brown's voice and play got the Celtics back on track

'We didn't come to Cleveland for the weather, so let's go': How Jaylen Brown's voice and play got the Celtics back on track

Get Garden Party A seasonal pop-up newsletter covering everything you need to know about the Celtics' and Bruins' postseasons. Enter Email Sign Up The Boston Celtics bench reacts after guard Payton Pritchard makes a three-point basket during the fourth quarter. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Advertisement Brown knew he could truly make his message resonate by setting the standard himself. So he took the floor in front of a rowdy and hungry and revved-up crowd and controlled every step in Boston's 106-93 win that gave it a 2-1 series lead. Brown said he watched film of Game 2 and realized his decision-making had been imperfect. There were times he turned down good shots to drive into traffic,