Despite the up-and-down play from the Celtics since the calendar has turned, they are still second in the Eastern Conference. They have a two-and-a-half game lead for that spot as

Jaylen Brown was able to end his recent scoring skid in the Celtics' win over the Magic. Read more on Boston.com.

Coming off its worst loss of the season, Boston got 30 points from Jason Tatum and a strong all-around effort from brown to thump Orlando at TD Garden.

Williams makes the argument that the award almost always goes to a big man and that there should be a separate DPOY that isn't just based on blocks. He wants one that is more based on who makes it hard for other teams to score on them and other things of that nature.

Jaylen Brown gets blocked and other pictures of the day in the NBA