For the second time this month, Jaylen Brown has been named as Eastern Conference Player of the Week.

This time, it was for his performances across three games - two against the Pacers (6-26) and one against the Trail Blazers (13-19). The Celtics played four games in this span, with Brown sitting out the first in that stretch in a win against Toronto (19-14).

Here’s what Brown’s output looked like, game-by-game:

• 12/23 vs. Indiana - 31 points on 11 of 25 shooting, with 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks

• 12/26 @ Indiana - 30 points on 13 of 20 shooting, with 3 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 steals

• 12/28 @ Portland - 37 points on 14 of 27 shooting, with 7 rebounds, and 4 assists

For the week, he averaged an impressive 32.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.6 blocks, while shooting 52.7% from the floor.

Brown’s win earlier this month came in the first week of December, where he averaged 34.0 points on 53.8% from the field, a blistering 47.1% from deep and 88.9 percent at the line, adding 6.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists and a steal per game. He also led all Eastern Conference players in free throws made, averaging 8 per contest.

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These respective week-long stretches are the perfect encapsulation of the type of season Brown is having, one that I have written and talked about on numerous occasions saying he should be a real candidate to win MVP in 2025-26.

Add in the fact that Sunday’s 37-point performance ties him with Larry Bird for the longest streak of consecutive 30-point performances in Celtics history, and it’s safe to say we haven’t seen a player locked in like this for a player in the green in a very, very long time - and that’s including multiple seasons of All-NBA First Team selections for his injured running mate in Jayson Tatum.

Head coach Joe Mazzulla spoke glowingly about Brown’s development this season after Friday’s win at Indiana.

“To me, it’s just balance,” said Mazzulla.  “He picks and chooses his spots really well. We’re obviously playing a little bit faster, so he’s getting some easy baskets in transition. I think he’s finding a great balance of knowing when to score within the offense vs. letting the guys kind of do their thing. I think it’s kind of letting him rest a little bit.

“He just spends a ton of time on reading the game and the execution of the game. Obviously, he’s very, very talented, and that has a lot to do with it. Just his desire to continue to work and play vs. different coverages has really helped.”

The haters of the world will say, ‘But Tom, he did that in three games against bad teams!’ And to them I say, ‘How can he control that?’

Like the team that plays about 40 minutes south of him at Gillette Stadium, there’s never a scenario in which a player should have to answer for the schedule they’ve been handed. All they can do is perform to the best of their abilities when the game is in action. This isn’t a college football video game on PS2 - you don’t get to pick your schedule after moving your school out of conference (I’m referencing NCAA Football 2006, hence the old system pull…not sure what the newer games allowed you to do, but I digress).

Brown’s Player of the Week win is his sixth of his career, putting him ahead of Kevin Garnett for fourth in franchise history in POTW wins. He’s behind Tatum (12), Bird (15) and Paul Pierce (17).

He’ll work on making it consecutive wins starting Tuesday night in Utah, where he’ll also have a chance at history on the stat sheet.

Pass Larry Bird on any list, and people are going to start taking notice.

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Tom Carroll is a contributor for Roundtable, with boots-on-the-ground coverage of all things Boston sports. He's a senior digital content producer for WEEI.com, and a native of Lincoln, RI.