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BOSTON — Jaylen Brown believes everything is set to become more challenging for his Celtics this season. If they were playing on easy mode before, the level of difficulty has increased. To counter that, he said, his team needs to rely on new strengths.

“To be honest, we’ve been spoiled to some degree where we’ve been able to have a bunch of talented players come through, which has made a lot of our jobs a little bit easier,” Brown said after practice Monday. “This year is a little different. What we lack in experience we’ve gotta make up (for) with speed and mentality, so that’s fun as well too.”

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