""I knew before the game," Brown said when asked when he felt he'd found his rhythm and could have a big night. "In warmups, I could just feel like every shot, the ball was coming off my hand super clean. My footwork felt great. I did salsa last night. Had some great salsa classes. So I felt good as soon as I walked into the arena.""
""I seek those challenges," Brown said. "I feel like it brings the most out of me. Obviously, Kawhi is one of the greats, so I wanted to start on him. And I just seek those matchups. I like when my back is against the wall. When people doubt, it fuels me. So even though it'd be nice to get some respect .... keep it up. I definitely use it as fuel.""
In Inglewood, Jaylen Brown scored a career-high 50 points on 18-of-26 shooting as the Boston Celtics routed the LA Clippers 146-115, ending the Clippers' six-game winning streak. Brown received a standing ovation from traveling Celtics fans and helped Boston improve to 22-12, half a game behind the Knicks for second in the Eastern Conference. Brown said warmups felt clean and credited recent salsa classes for his confidence. He took the primary defensive assignment on Kawhi Leonard, holding him to 22 points on 6-for-17 shooting after Leonard had averaged 39 points on nearly 70 percent during the streak. Brown expressed motivation from challenges and disappointment about missing the Eastern Player of the Month award, tweeting "smh" after Jalen Brunson received the honor and leading Brunson in most major statistical categories in December except assists.
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