Jaylen Brown blasts officials after Celtics get four free throws vs Spurs

Jaylen Brown unloaded connected NBA officials aft Boston’s 100-95 nonaccomplishment to the San Antonio Spurs connected Saturday night, arguing the Celtics were not fixed a just whistle successful a crippled wherever they attempted lone 4 escaped throws.

Brown targets the whistle aft 4 escaped throws

Boston went 3-for-4 astatine the line, portion San Antonio finished 14-for-20. Two of the Celtics’ 4 foul shots came from Derrick White with 37 seconds left, a item that lone sharpened Brown’s frustration.

"I consciousness like, honestly, they conscionable got distant with a lot, and I'm bushed of the inconsistency," Brown said. "I'll judge the good astatine this point. I thought it was immoderate bulls--- tonight. I deliberation [the Spurs are] a bully antiaircraft team, but they ain't that damn good.

"I anticipation idiosyncratic tin conscionable propulsion up the clips, due to the fact that it's the aforesaid s--- each clip we play a bully team. It's similar they garbage to marque a telephone past telephone interaction fouls connected the different end."

Brown kept going, naming unit main Curtis Blair. "Every clip we play a bully team, the inconsistency is crazy. I'll instrumentality the f---ing fine. Curtis, each them dudes was unspeakable tonight. I don't care. They tin good maine immoderate they want. But it's crazy."

Asked if it is simply a caller issue, helium added: "I don't cognize what's going on. I got my conspiracies oregon whatever, but I don't cognize what's going on. But it seems similar each clip we play a bully team, it's the aforesaid s---."

Late mistakes and a Spurs person determine it

"If we can't get to the escaped propulsion enactment and teams are allowed to beryllium carnal and bump america disconnected our spots, etc., past it's hard to triumph games similar that," Brown said.

He inactive owned his part, finishing with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, but helium went 1-for-9 successful the 4th and had 2 costly turnovers. "In the end? I thought it was a bully game," helium said. "I had a costly turnover and I had an unfastened look too, astatine the end, that I got to sound down."

Coach Joe Mazzulla pointed backmost astatine Boston’s defense: "we evidently person to beryllium amended defending without fouling."

San Antonio leaned connected Victor Wembanyama late. "The mindset was conscionable [we] person to adjacent retired that game," helium said aft scoring 21 points disconnected the bench, sealing it with a jumper with 19.1 seconds left.