Overview
- Brown tied his career high with 50 points on 18-of-26 shooting (6-of-10 from three) in a 146-115 win that snapped the Clippers’ six-game streak and made him one of three Celtics with multiple 50-point games.
- He asked coach Joe Mazzulla for the Kawhi Leonard assignment and helped hold Leonard to 22 points on 6-for-17 shooting while Boston closed its road trip 4-1.
- The NBA named Jalen Brunson (East) and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (West) as December Players of the Month on Jan. 2, with Brunson’s month including the Knicks’ NBA Cup title.
- Brown reacted by posting “Smh” on X and later said on Twitch that “neither one of them had a better month than I had,” framing his case without disparaging Brunson or Gilgeous-Alexander.
- In December, Brown averaged 31.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists with two East Player of the Week awards and a nine-game 30-point streak that tied Larry Bird, and Boston is now 22-12, a half-game behind the Knicks.