Philadelphia 76ers star Jaylen Brown entered Tuesday’s matchup against the Boston Celtics facing his former team for the first time since his offseason trade.

The game reunited Brown with longtime teammate Jayson Tatum after the pair spent nine seasons together in Boston. They reached two NBA Finals and won the 2024 championship before the Celtics traded Brown to Philadelphia in July.

The Sixers entered the matchup 9-2 and atop the Eastern Conference, while Boston arrived at 8-2, adding early-season significance to Brown’s first game against the franchise that drafted him No. 3 overall in 2016.

NBA on ESPN shared a pregame report Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter, with ESPN's Kris Rhim detailing the intensity surrounding Brown’s approach to the reunion.

“Jaylen Brown is approaching this with the intensity of somebody going to war. It seems like, and I know it sounds like hyperbole, but that's what it seems like.”

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