Outside of Brown, the Celtics have cruised into the postseason riding a promising stretch of health for their other regulars. Boston locking down the No. 2 seed since March has enabled the team to give regulars ample rest down the stretch to go along with a week off between the regular season finale and Sunday’s playoff opener.

"Jaylen Brown said he won’t have a minutes restriction against Orlando," Celtics beat writer Zack Cox said on X. "Said he and the team 'had a good plan' to get him where he needed to be and 'the decisions we made were best.'”

BOSTON — On the eve of the Boston Celtics’ playoff opener, Jaylen Brown said he expects to have no minutes restriction during his team’s first-round series with the Magic.