Ex-Bear Jaylen Brown scores 40 vs. Lakers, something Larry Bird never did

By Jeff Faraudo, CalSportsReport: Jaylen Brown did something Thursday that Celtics legend Larry Bird never achieved.

He scored 40 points against Boston’s historic rival, the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bird, the Hall of Famer and one of the Celtics’ greatest players ever, scored 40 points or more in a game 48 times in his 13-year NBA career. He did it five more times in the playoffs.

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