rown didn't have an opening statement so much as a sustained one. He moved the curve by inches in the first quarter — a clean look here, a contested stop there — and let the game come to him.
The second quarter is where it broke open — white 2' cutting dunk shot (15 pts) (brown 5 ast) (+8.1). From that possession on, the curve never had to be rebuilt the same way twice.
The fourth was control. Brown closed at +14.3 without needing a final flourish to get there.
Key moments