Jayson Tatum calls Jaylen Brown’s defensive pressure ‘powerful’

BOSTON — Right at the beginning of the season, it was clear one of Jaylen Brown’s goal was to up the intensity on the defensive end of the court. Sure, the Celtics added Jrue Holiday to the mix, but they traded away the 2021-22 Defensive Player of the Year in Marcus Smart. So Brown wanted to make sure the transition defensively was smooth for the rest of the team. Those efforts have worked — Brown is having arguably the best defensive season of his career. Many times throughout the year, Brown has guarded the opposition’s best player and tried to make life difficult as possible. That was indeed the case Wednesday in the Celtics’ win over the Bucks as Brown…