Your Morning Dump... Where Jaylen Brown has blossomed into an explosive scorer?

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The score was so lopsided that the Celtics didn’t really need the explosion, but the third quarter belonged to Brown. He scored 20 points over a stretch of 8 minutes, 8 seconds, before checking out for the night, the second time this season a potentially massive scoring binge was halted because his services were no longer needed.

“I’m just grateful to be put in positions to have responsibility and have weight and things like that,” Brown said. “I’ve looked forward to the challenge. I’m grateful that it’s finally gotten here, but…