Celtics’ Jaylen Brown drops 50 points to crush Clippers after snub

Jaylen Brown believed he was robbed of the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award. That he, not Jalen Brunson, deserved that honor after he outpaced the New York Knicks point guard in nearly every statistical category during a dominant December. Joe Mazzulla hoped Brown would take out his frustration on the Celtics’ upcoming opponents. On Saturday night, he did just that. Brown systematically dismantled the Los Angeles Clippers in one of the finest games of his career, scoring 50 points on 18-of-26 shooting as the Celtics rolled to a 146-115 win at Intuit Dome. The 50 points tied Brown’s career high. He’s now one of just five players in Celtics history to score 50-plus multiple times...