For the third consecutive year, the NBA All-Star Game will feature two Boston Celtics.

Jaylen Brown was announced Thursday as one of the seven All-Star reserves from the Eastern Conference. It was the third straight All-Star nod and fourth in the last five years for Brown, who will join East starter Jayson Tatum at the midseason showcase in San Francisco on Feb. 16.

Whereas All-Star starters are voted on by fans, players and media members, reserves are chosen by NBA coaches.

Brown, the MVP of the Eastern Conference finals and NBA Finals during last season’s Celtics championship run, is averaging 23.2 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game this season. His shooting numbers have dipped across the board (45.3% field-goal percentage, 31.8% on 3-pointers), but the 28-year-old is on pace for a career high in assists while playing what he’s described as a different role in Boston’s offense.

“I’ve had to adjust. It’s a different year,” Brown told NBC Sports Boston’s Abby Chin after Boston’s Jan. 17 victory over Orlando. “I just do what the team needs me to do. I’ve been able to evolve through different things in my career. This team, I’m more of a playmaker, so I just embrace it, get better in that role and just do what I do.”

Brown also is getting to the free-throw line more frequently than he did in any of his first eight NBA seasons, averaging 5.6 foul shots per game. He was 7-for-11 from the line and 10-for-18 from the field in Wednesday night’s 122-100 win over the Chicago Bulls, scoring 28 points for the second consecutive game.

“(I’m) using my physicality and just getting my legs up under me,” Brown, who packed on muscle in the offseason, said after the win. “Being at home has been good for even just this stretch. I was able to get some recovery and stuff with my body. But just being able to be physical night in and night out, just getting my body ready to go so I can take those blows and those hits and deliver some back. But tonight I felt good getting to the paint. Chicago’s a physical team, but if you throw the first punch, it’s hard to recover.”

As Brown referenced, he’s battled multiple injuries this season, missing time with a hip issue in early November and a shoulder strain in early January. But outside of those absences, he’s averaging 35.5 minutes per night, which would be the second-highest mark of his career.

“I’m pushing through,” Brown told reporters last week. “I think this is definitely the rougher part physically during the season. I’ve had some injuries and things like that, but I try to make myself available every night. I don’t make no excuses. It is what it is. I’m a little beat up, but I’ll be ready.”

Rounding out the Eastern Conference All-Stars are starters Giannis Antetokounmpo, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell and reserves Cade Cunningham, Darius Garland, Tyler Herro, Damian Lillard, Evan Mobley and Pascal Siakam. The West will be represented by starters LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Nikola Jokic, Kevin Durant and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and reserves Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, James Harden, Jaren Jackson Jr., Alperen Sengun, Jalen Williams and Victor Wembanyama.

That pool of 24 players will be divided into three teams to compete in a new All-Star mini-tournament, with two semifinals followed by a championship. The fourth participating team will be the winning squad from the 2025 Rising Stars game, which features rookies, sophomores and G League players

Third-year Celtics guard JD Davison was among the G Leaguers selected to participate in that young player showcase on Feb. 14.