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Jaylen Brown was ejected for the first time in his NBA career on Friday night.
The Boston Celtics star believes it should never happen.
Brown received a special foul for arguing a call in the fourth quarter against the New York Knicks in Boston, then was ejected after receiving a second T after going to the bench at one point. not long ago.
The Celtics won 133-123, but that did little to ease the feelings of Brown and Boston coach Joe Mazzulla after the game.
“Honestly, I’m not sure,” Brown told reporters when asked why he was thrown. “But I wish I had my money. I always think that my first job is to drive something more interesting. Maybe it’s a struggle or something, people fold, go to the earth, not an over-emotional person. It was a bad day. The thing that upsets me the most is that I should have got my money.”
Brown got the first pass when he appeared to complain after being whistled for a foul while guarding Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley on the rim. Mazzulla said one official told him Brown said “don’t call that weak ass—-,” leading up to the tech — which baffled the Celtics coach.
“I’ve been around the NBA for five years, and I’ve seen players act and say things that are more disrespectful than that,” he said. said Mazzulla.
Crew manager Mark Lindsay told a pool reporter that the first incident was for “using profanity at a sports official.” And the second one is for “an official wave to the official, which under the respect of the sports guidelines is considered a show and an action that is not shown.”
Brown questioned that too.
“You could tell, his feelings were affected, XYZ, he wanted to do it back and forth,” Brown said. “I’m explaining to the ref, and he mentioned the second technology from the other side of the court, this is a clear example of someone using his power to try to throw someone out of the game . I thought the cows were — -.”
Brown scored 17 points before leaving as Boston went 10-0 at home. Derrick White added 30 points and Kristaps Porzingis had 21 points in his return to the lineup after missing four games with a strained left hamstring.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.