Kornet and Pritchard will start against the Hornets in Brown's absence

Kornet and Pritchard will face the Hornets in Brown's absence, originally seen on NBC Sports Boston

The Boston Celtics won all seven games with Luke Kornet in the starting lineup last season. They extended this winning streak on Saturday in Charlotte.

Kornet started in place of Jaylen Brown, who was sidelined with a left hip flexor strain. Boston entered the second night of the meeting against the Hornets with a double lineup of Kornet and veteran Al Horford.

As he always did for the C's, Kornet was up to the challenge. He played a key role on both ends and scored a season-high 19 points with four rebounds, three assists, two blocks and one steal.

“Yeah, he’s great,” Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla said after the 113-103 win over Kornet. “He gets a lot of stuff that goes unnoticed. One of the things they don't record is blockouts so someone else gets the rebound. “So he's doing a great job of keeping his guy off the glass so someone else can get him.”

I just thought his physicality compared to her transition allowed us to get a few easy looks. Just a great presence on the sidelines.”

Payton Pritchard also played for the C's. He scored 22 points on 6 of 12 shooting from 3-point range, helping to make up for Brown's absence.

“Payton was great tonight,” Kornet told NBC Sports Boston’s Kayla Burton during his postgame interview. “We can always rely on him and his energy, especially in these little, back-to-back moments like this. When everyone has the same goal and the same mission and we hold each other to it, we are a great team.” “

As great as Kornet and Pritchard were in Saturday's win, the Celtics hope to have Brown back in the starting lineup when they visit the Atlanta Hawks on Monday. Brown is reportedly scheduled to undergo a second MRI scan of his left hip flexor, which he says has been bothering him for two and a half weeks. Mazzulla told reporters before Saturday's game that Brown was no longer struggling with the injury.

Tipoff for Monday's game in Atlanta is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. ET.