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Officials give surprising reason for Jaylen Brown ejection

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Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) is restrained by referee Sean Corbin (33) while arguing a call during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. Brown was ejected after the exchange. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP

Jaylen Brown received his first career ejection in the Celtics win over the Knicks on Friday night in controversial fashion at TD Garden.

The All-Star forward received back-to-back technical fouls with 7:19 remaining in the fourth quarter, leading to an angry Brown having to be held back by players and teammates before he ultimately walked off the floor towards the locker room.

In a pool report after Friday’s win, official Mark Lindsay explained what led to Brown’s technical fouls in quick succession and ultimately his ejection.

“The second technical foul was called for a wave off directed at the official which under the respect of the game guidelines is considered an overt gesture and an unsportsmanlike act.”

Brown had an emotional response after the game when talking about how he viewed the sequence during the Celtics’ 133-123 win.

“After he called the first tech I wasn’t even talking to him,” Brown said. “So I was talking to the other ref trying to explain my case.

You can tell his emotions were involved and x, y, z, wanted to make it a back-and-forth.

I’m explaining to the ref and he calls a second tech from the other side of the court, which is a clear example of somebody exercising their power to try to get somebody thrown out the game. I thought it was bull****. It is what it is. We got the win.”

Brown finished with 17 points in 27 minutes before his ejection. He will be back in action with Boston on Tuesday night against the Cavaliers at TD Garden.

JAYLEN BROWN RECEIVES FIRST CAREER EJECTION AFTER ARGUING OVER FOUL CALL

Jaylen Brown blames ‘overemotional ref.’

Boston Celtics shooting guard Jaylen Brown can expect a nice letter in the mail from the NBA after his post-game comments about an official.

According to Yahoo Sports, Brown’s comments stemmed from an incident in the fourth quarter when a foul was called on Brown while trying to poke the ball out of New York Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley.

Brown allegedly disagreed verbally with the call, primarily because he said a similar contact was not called a foul on the opposite end.

For his protest, Brown received a technical foul from official Jason Goldenberg.

Brown apparently refused to let it go and had to be held back by Celtics center Kristaps Porziņģis along with an official and an assistant coach after he received a second technical foul, which resulted in an automatic ejection.

Brown continued jawing at the official for a few moments before making his way to the locker room.

Post-game, Brown was still thinking about the referee interaction, telling reporters, “I wish I would have got my money’s worth.

I always thought my first career ejection would be something a little more exciting.

Maybe a tussle or something, guys get folded up, go to the ground. Not some overemotional ref who had a bad day.

What I’m most upset about is I should’ve gotten my f***ing money’s worth.”

Upon being asked about what led to the second technical foul, Brown said he was not being disrespectful of Goldenberg, telling reporters, “I don’t know.

I think it’s a difference between showing emotion and it being disrespectful or derogatory towards another person. I don’t think I was directing it towards him whatsoever, especially on the second one.

It wasn’t even close. I’m on the bench, I’m talking from the sideline. He can’t even hear anything I’m saying. So he called a tech from across the court.”

Brown continued, assessing that the second technical foul may have had more to do with the official asserting power than anything he actually said, saying, “That’s for sure have to do with somebody having their emotions too involved in whatever else is going on and they accessing their power with technical fouls.

I ain’t going to comment on officiating in general, but I am going to comment on this guy in particular tonight. I thought that was bulls—t.”

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