Celtics instead. He made his debut against the Chicago Bulls, his former team, on March 7, 2008. Brown had an unexpected breakout performance which took place in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Cleveland Cavaliers on May 18, 2008, when he scored 10 points and pulled down 6 rebounds, hitting all of his four shots and making key contributions in the fourth quarter. He hit a key shot with less than two minutes left in the game as the Celtics went on to win the game 97–92. After the game, he told reporters: "That shot, hey, probably I would say the biggest shot of my career". He also had a strong performance in Game 1 of the 2008 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers on June 5, 2008, playing increased minutes in the first Finals game of his 15-year career en route to a Celtics victory. He retired at the end of that season with a championship. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 79 || 54 || 24.7 || .415 || .167 || .757 || 6.2 || 1.2 || .9 || 1.2 || 5.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 80 || 63 || 30.8 || .446 || .167 || .671 || 6.1 || 1.7 || .9 || 1.7 || 8.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 81 || 81 || 36.3 || .444 || .200 || .770 || 6.9 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 1.2 || 11.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 80 || 71 || 32.4 || .457 || .000 || .732 || 8.4 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 1.2 || 9.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 74 || 74 || 31.9 || .471 || || .766 || 8.6 || 1.4 || .9 || 1.3 || 9.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 50 || 50 || 32.2 || .480 || || .774 || 6.9 || 1.3 || .9 || 1.0 || 11.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 80 || 80 || 28.8 || .480 || .000 || .755 || 7.5 || 1.8 || .8 || .8 || 9.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte | 80 || 79 || 35.1 || .444 || .000 || .852 || 9.3 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 1.2 || 8.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte | 80 || 80 || 32.0 || .474 || || .858 ||