The Boston Celtics fell two possessions quick in one in all their largest video games of the season up to now: a 100-95 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday. Notable within the defeat was a free-throw discrepancy during which the Spurs made 10 extra foul photographs (14) than the Celtics even tried (4). Celtics star Jaylen Brown took exception to the distribution of whistles within the loss and after the sport unleashed a minute-and-a-half-long diatribe towards the officers.
The NBA responded Monday with a $35,000 nice for public criticism of the officiating. The league cited Brown’s postgame remarks to reporters in addition to a social media publish during which he stated he’s “sick of this s—.”
Brown, who scored 27 factors however didn’t go to the charity stripe as soon as, known as out official Curtis Blair by title and lamented the “inconsistency” within the quantity of contact allowed on the 2 ends of the ground.
“I am going to settle for the nice at this level,” Brown stated. “I believed it was some bulls—- tonight. I believe they are a good defensive workforce, however they ain’t that rattling good. I hope someone may simply pull up the clips, as a result of it is the identical s— each time we play a great workforce. It is like, they refuse to make a name, and so they name touch-fouls on the opposite finish. That is simply extraordinarily irritating, bro.”
The foul totals weren’t dramatically out of steadiness, as Boston was whistled 18 occasions to San Antonio’s 13. However the majority of the Celtics’ infractions despatched the Spurs to the road, and their 20 free-throw makes an attempt have been an element within the sport’s final result. Brown himself was responsible of 4 fouls, which tied a game-high.
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“We play exhausting,” Brown stated. “We’re outplaying our expectations. We compete exhausting on the defensive finish. They reward the opposite workforce with touch-fouls, and we go down there and guys are allowed to get away with it. Someone, please, pull it up. Each time we play a great workforce the inconsistency is loopy. I am going to take the f—-ing nice. Curtis (Blair), all them dudes, was horrible tonight. I do not care; they will nice me no matter they need. It is loopy. Each time we play a great workforce, it is the identical bulls—. Someone, please, pull up the clips.”
The loss knocked the Celtics fell to 24-14 with the loss. However even with the defeat, Boston is in a significantly better place than the overwhelming majority of prognosticators foresaw earlier than the season. Regardless of the absence of the injured Jayson Tatum and the flurry of offseason strikes that despatched key contributors out of city, the Celtics are squarely within the race for the East’s prime seed.
“I am irate at how they officiated the sport right now,” Brown stated. “If we will not get to the free throw line, and groups are allowed to be bodily and bump us off our spots, then it is exhausting to win video games like that. We shot 4 free throws tonight and misplaced the sport by 4. To not say that is the entire sport, the entire story. We gotta be higher in spots. However goddamn, like, I am driving to the basket, I am bodily, I do not flop, I do not draw back from contact, I’m going up robust, I am athletic, and nothing. I had zero free throws tonight. The inconsistency is f—ing loopy.”
Brown is within the midst of a profession yr and is on tempo to set a private greatest in scoring along with his 29.5 factors per sport. His utilization has skyrocketed with Tatum on the shelf, and he leads the NBA with 16.1 2-point makes an attempt per contest.
