June 23, 2016 — The beginning: The Celtics took Brown out of California with the third pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, a selection that wasn’t entirely popular at the time.

When then-owner Wyc Grousbeck announced the pick at an event for season-ticket holders, he was booed by fans that either wanted Providence’s Kris Dunn or for the team to package the pick in a trade for a star.

“Fourteen years, that’s probably the worst [reception] that I’ve gotten,” Grousbeck said. “We’re a bunch of fans who bought this team, and being a fan means you’re emotional, you’re emotionally invested in this team, and no problem. I actually believe [if] they knew what I knew, and we’re in the room, I think most of them might have done the same thing [in drafting Brown].”

Oct. 26, 2016 — Debut in green: Brown played his first game for the Celtics in the 2016-17 opener, scoring 9 points on 3 of 4 shooting in a win over the Nets. He’d go on to make his first start on Nov. 3, scoring 19 points in a loss to the Cavaliers.

Brown made 20 starts in his rookie year, helping Boston to a 53-29 record and a trip to the Eastern Conference finals. He was named to the All-Rookie second team.

Oct. 17, 2017 — The Jays Era begins: The Celtics made another big pick at No. 3 in 2017, drafting Jayson Tatum to begin a partnership that lasted nearly a decade.

The two made their regular-season debut together (and started together) in the 2017-18 opener, a game remembered more for Gordon Hayward’s devastating leg injury in his own Celtics debut.

Brown had a career-high 25 points in the loss on the road to Cleveland. Tatum had 14.

April 17, 2018 — Playoff breakout: After the Celtics went 55-27 and finished second in the East, Boston beat Milwaukee in seven games in the first round, winning Game 2 behind 30 points from Brown. He became the youngest Celtic ever to score 30 in a playoff game in the process.

The Celtics lost to the Cavaliers in seven games in the Eastern Conference finals.

Oct. 21, 2019 — A big contract and a big breakthrough — The Celtics signed Brown to a four-year, $115 million extension before the 2019-20 season, a move that was widely considered an overpay after Brown struggled during the previous season.

Brown responded with a breakout year, averaging career-highs in points (20.3), rebounds (6.4), and assists (2.1) as he and Tatum took the reins after Kyrie Irving’s departure.

Brown narrowly missed out an on All-Star appearance that year, but earned those honors in five of the next six seasons.

Feb. 24, 2021 — First All-Star Game: A few weeks after crossing the 40-point threshold for the first time with 42 against the Grizzlies, Brown made his first All-Star team. He finished that season averaging 24.7 points, 6 rebounds, and 3.4 assists.

Boston struggled through that season, going just 36-36 in a pandemic-shortened year. The Celtics lost to the Nets in five games in the first round of the playoffs without Brown, who tore a ligament in his wrist with just a few games left in the year.

Jan. 2, 2022 — First 50-point game: Brown had two career outings in the first eight days of 2022, pouring in a career-high 50 points in a win over the Magic before notching his first career triple-double in a Jan. 8 win over the Knicks.

Jan. 31, 2022 — An energy shift: The Celtics’ first few months under Ime Udoka were underwhelming, with Boston mired in the doldrums of .500 basketball. In the hours before the Celtics took on the Heat at TD Garden, Brown authored a brief but now-iconic tweet: “The energy is about to shift.”

He was right. The Celtics went 25-6 over the rest of the season to finish second in the East.

June 2, 2022 — First Finals appearance: After helping lead the Celtics through the Eastern Conference playoffs, taking out the Nets (sweep), Bucks (seven games), and Heat (seven games), Brown and Boston took on the Warriors in the 2022 NBA Finals.

Brown was one of the stars of a stunning road comeback in Game 1 with 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists as the Celtics rallied from a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to steal the opener.

Brown played pretty well in the six-game series, averaging 23.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 3.7 assists, but it wasn’t enough to keep Boston from falling to Golden State in six games.

May 10, 2023 — All-NBA honors: Brown was named All-NBA for the first time after the 2022-23 season, earning second team honors after averaging a career-best 26.6 points along with 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists.

He had at least 30 points in more than half of Boston’s games as the Celtics went 57-25 in their first season under Joe Mazzulla.

That season ended in playoff disappointment, though, as Boston fell into an 0-3 hole against Miami in the Eastern Conference finals, rallied to force a Game 7, then fell flat in the decider at TD Garden.

Brown struggled in that series against the Heat, averaging just 19 points and shooting a ghastly 7 of 43 (16.3 percent) from 3-point range. He was particularly bad in that Game 7, going 8 of 23 from the field and turning it over eight times.

July 25, 2023 — A record contract: Following a few weeks of silence after he became eligible for a super-max extension, Brown inked a five-year, $304 million deal that was, at the time, the richest in NBA history.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Brown said. “So, let’s get started.”

May 21, 2024 — A clutch shot: After the star-studded Celtics — who added Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday in the offseason — romped to a 64-18 record and the East’s No. 1 seed in 2023-24, they brushed aside the Heat and Cavaliers, each in five games, to reach the Eastern Conference finals.

Game 1 of that series against the Pacers looked to be spinning away from Boston, which trailed by 3 points with 8 seconds to go.

Then Brown delivered the biggest clutch moment of his Celtics career to date, burying a tough, heavily-contested 3-pointer from the corner to send the game to overtime.

“Before the inbound I was just talking to myself, if I get this shot, it’s going in,” Brown said. “I was telling myself the whole time, if you get it, it’s going up, and it’s going in. I happened to create some space on that backside and was able to make a big time play.

The Celtics won in overtime, then swept the Pacers to return to the NBA Finals. Brown was named Eastern Conference finals MVP after averaging 29.8 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists in the series.

June 17, 2024: NBA champion and Finals MVP — The Celtics’ dominant run to the title finished in Game 5 against the Mavericks, with Brown scoring 21 points as Boston won its 18th championship.

After averaging 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 5 assists in the series, Brown was named NBA Finals MVP, joining a short list of Celtics to win the award with John Havlicek, Jo Jo White, Cedric Maxwell, Larry Bird (twice), and Paul Pierce.

“All of the moments where we came up short, felt like we let the city down, let ourselves down, all of that compiled is how we get to this moment,” Brown said. “And it makes it feel even that much better that we had to go through the journey, the heartbreak, the embarrassment, the loss, to get to the mountaintop.”

May 12, 2025: A dynamic shift — The Celtics were favorites to return to the NBA Finals in 2025, but blew the first two games of a second-round series to the Knicks at home, then lost superstar Jayson Tatum to an Achilles tear in a devastating Game 4.

For the first time, Brown became Boston’s undisputed first option. He stepped up in a big way two days later despite a torn meniscus, racking up 26 points, 12 assists, and 8 rebounds in a Game 5 win to keep the Celtics alive.

It wasn’t enough, though, as Boston was blown out in Game 6, and the franchise’s core was torn down with the summer exodus of Holiday, Porzingis, Al Horford, and Luke Kornet.

“Losing to the Knicks feels like death, but I was always taught that there’s life after death, so we’ll figure out whatever’s next,” Brown said, “I know, Boston, it looks gloomy right now with JT being out and us at the end of the year, but there’s a lot to look forward to, and I want the city to feel excited about that — that this is not the end. I’m looking forward to what’s next.”

Oct. 22, 2025 — A superstar season begins: With Tatum sidelined, Brown had to shoulder the scoring load for 2025-26. He did just that.

Brown averaged 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 5.1 assists — all career highs — to lead the Celtics to 56 wins. He scored 40-plus points on seven occasions, including a career high-tying 50 against the Clippers in January.

Brown earned second team All-NBA honors for the second time in his career and finished sixth in MVP voting.

May 2, 2026 — One last playoff disappointment: After going up, 3-1, over the 76ers in the first round, the heavily-favored Celtics cratered, blowing that lead for the first time in franchise history and losing Game 7 at home.

Brown started the series hot, but shot just 41.8 percent from the field in the final three games. That Game 7, it turns out, was his last game as a Celtic.

Brown also made some headlines after calling the campaign his “favorite season” despite a first-round exit, a minor controversy that dragged into the summer.

June 23, 2026 — The Giannis trade: Things got uncomfortable as the NBA Draft approached, when it emerged that the Celtics were aggressively pursuing a trade for Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. Boston’s offer centered around Brown, but it wasn’t enough to land the two-time MVP, who headed to Miami instead.

That left the Celtics to try to repair the relationship with Brown, who knew the team was actively trying to trade him.

“I don’t love the fact, anytime it’s a big public thing,” said president of basketball operations Brad Stevens.

July 1, 2026 — Traded to Philadelphia: The Celtics agreed to ship Brown to Philadelphia in exchange for Paul George, two first-round picks, and two second-rounders.

Amin Touri can be reached at amin.touri@globe.com.

After Bay took an early two-goal lead, the Legacy settled in and began to find their attack, and they got one back in first-half stoppage time. When they returned to the field after halftime, the Legacy looked confident on the ball and controlled the pace of play.

Trailing 2-0 in the second minute of first-half stoppage time, Nichelle Prince served a ball into the box, and Amanda Guttieres headed it into the back of the net for her third NWSL goal. It was the Brazilian striker’s first goal in the run of play after scoring on two penalty kicks earlier this season.

Boston entered the match with a league-leading 174 fouls committed and 27 cards (two red, 25 yellow), and the Legacy added to that total in the early minutes of the game, resulting an deficit.

Goalkeeper Casey Murphy received a yellow card in the fifth minute for a tackle on Alex Pfeiffer after a defensive error led to a loose ball in the box. Claire Hutton took the penalty kick and converted to give Bay a 1-0 lead.

Jorelyn Carabali also received a yellow card in the eighth minute.

Defender Lilly Reale made her first start for her hometown team since Boston acquired the Hingham native from Gotham FC on June 17.

The Legacy sent $350,000 in allocation money and $50,000 in intraleague transfer fee funds to Gotham FC for Reale, the 2025 NWSL Rookie of the Year. She joined the Legacy on a four-year deal that runs through December 2029.

Adding Reale to the lineup gives the Legacy a bit more flexibility on the left side, an area where they’ve suffered three injuries already this season. (Of those injured, only Brazilian defender Kaká remains out).

The defender has had two weeks of uninterrupted training with the Legacy to get used to her new team, but she still showed signs of growing pains on Sunday.

Known as a vocal communicator on the field, Reale was visibly frustrated at times when her teammates didn’t make the runs she expected them to, and Bay’s second goal was a direct result of Reale holding a Bay forward onside.

The visitors doubled their lead in the 17th minute on a ball in behind to Karlie Lema, who broke through Reale and Boston’s back line and had a 1-on-1 with Murphy. Lema slotted her first touch inside the near post to give Bay a 2-0 lead.

In their previous meeting, these teams played to a 1-1 draw on May 15 at PayPal Park despite Boston playing with 10 players for more than half the contest. Defender Bianca St-Georges was handed a red card and a three-game suspension for a tackle in the 42nd minute of that match, and Sunday’s game was the final game of her suspension.

Prior to Sunday, the Legacy hadn’t played since May 30, a 1-0 loss to Kansas City. Boston lost two straight entering Sunday’s contest, dating back to a 2-1 loss to Seattle on May 22 — the Legacy’s first game at Centreville Bank Stadium.

Boston will return to Pawtucket Friday at 8 p.m. to host Chicago.

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In Boston, even after a successful homestand, the Sox are 17-27 — thus the overall 39-48 record record that has them stuck in the bottom third of the league.

What’s up with that?

“That’s a really good question, because it doesn’t feel a whole lot different to me,” Connor Wong said. “I feel like we’re the same group of guys trying to do the same thing.”

Interim manager Chad Tracy said: “I just think we’re playing well on the road. Give us credit, too. We played well at home last, so hopefully it’s just a ‘we’re playing well’ thing. But we have done that the majority of the year.”

This one featured a little of everything: Home runs from Willson Contreras and Romy Gonzalez, a strong start from Sonny Gray, and three double plays turned by the infield.

The Angels (36-54) totaled four hits, and just one after the third inning.

The Red Sox have won seven of their past nine games overall.

“That was a fight,” said Gray, whose 2.61 ERA is second in the American League. “That was just one that you grind through and you try to figure out a way to get better as it goes on. It wasn’t easy, but I’m happy to win.”

That was an unexpected take from Gray, given that he held the Angels to one run and four hits in six innings. The righthander struck out seven and walked two.

Unlike in his previous outing, when he took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning against the Yankees, Gray eliminated the drama early. Josh Lowe homered — an estimated 437 feet to center field — in the second.

Gray’s most significant wobbling came immediately thereafter, when Jo Adell walked and Wade Meckler singled. Following a mound visit from pitching coach Andrew Bailey, Gray recovered by striking out Donovan Walton and Tyler Heineman, both flailing at sweepers well below the strike zone.

Across the rest of his night, Gray faced just one more than the minimum number of batters, using a pair of double-play grounders to help him stay efficient and effective.

“Definitely wasn’t at my best,” he said, referencing that he had trouble recovering “physically, mentally.” “Finally able to settle down there after the second.”

Before the game, Gray found out he was not selected for the All-Star Game, which he admitted was disappointing “for sure.”

“Used a lot of stuff for fuel tonight,” he said without getting specific. “Maybe that was a little part of something. I was a little bummed.”

Tracy pulled Gray after just 70 pitches because of the game situation.

“We had a sizable lead, full bullpen, some guys that haven’t thrown,” Tracy explained. “It felt like we had a pretty good handle on it. And after pushing him hard with the potential no-hitter last time, just felt like it was good to give him a little extra breather.”

The Red Sox struck early against left-handed starter Sam Aldegheri, who walked two of his first three batters — after getting ahead in the count, 1-2, on both. Contreras blasted a no-doubt, three-run home run to left field to boost the Sox to a fast, sizable lead after just one out.

That was the only hit Aldegheri allowed across four innings and 88 pitches, but he had twice as many walks (four) as strikeouts (two) and his ERA jumped to 5.08.

As soon as Aldegheri exited, the Sox blew it open against rookie reliever Samy Natera Jr., who had been quite good across his first month in the majors (0.84 ERA, 15 strikeouts in 10⅔ innings).

Anthony Seigler slapped a double inside the first-base line, and Ceddanne Rafaela drew a walk. Wilyer Abreu smoked a double off the right-field wall, scoring both. Rafaela hesitated coming around third base, but — after the Angels made a delayed throw to try to get Abreu at second — went for it.

With two outs, Gonzalez hammered a slider over the middle of the plate to left field. It eked over the short wall for a two-run homer, his first long ball of the year (in his fifth game).

“We … got three big swings from the big boys,” Tracy said. “Between Willson, Romy, and Abreu — all those are multiple-run extra-base hits, and those are huge. But it starts with the at-bats before and putting people on and taking our base when it’s given to us.”

Tim Healey can be reached at timothy.healey@globe.com. Follow him @timbhealey.