There have been plenty of ''Did Not Play - Coach's Decisions'' for Kedrick Brown this season - 24 in all.

But the 6-foot-7-inch forward, who was a Celtics first-round draft choice last spring (11th overall), has started the last two games.

In Saturday night's game at Detroit (his first NBA start), Brown drew a tough defensive assignment in high-scoring Piston Jerry Stackhouse, who had 28 points in his team's 7-point win.