First ejection career for Jaylen Brown. Despite this, the Boston Celtics maintained their home unbeaten streak by defeating the New York Knicks 133-123.
Brown remedied two technicals in the final quarter. The first for “use of foul language toward the referee” and the second, when he was already on the bench, for a “blatant and unsportsmanlike gesture” toward a game director.
The Celtics star did not take the measures well at all, attacking the whistle’s actions Jason Goldenberg in the postgame.
I usually don’t comment on refereeing but tonight I want to point out Goldenberg’s negative performance: he sucked. He got carried away: on the occasion of the second technical I was explaining to another referee what had happened, he was on the other side of the field and threw me out. The clasic example of a person who wants to show off his power. I always thought my first ejection would be something eventful, maybe a fight with an opponent rolling around on the ground. Instead it came because of a referee who was a bit too much of a protagonist on a bad day.
Words that could cost Brown a hefty fine. The Boston star received support from his coach, Joe Mazzulla.
The referees told me that the first technical was due to an inappropriate comment, namely, “Don’t whistle these s********.” I have been coaching for five years and I have seen so many players behave worse and use much more vulgar language.
