Keyonte George “caught” Jaylen Brown does not spare the referees

In anger, the Celtics bench rose as one, as did a portion of the TD Garden crowd. There were about fifty seconds left in the game, including a handful of possessions, when Jailen Brown tried to attack the Jazz defense at the head of the racket.

Just ahead of him, Keionte George slipped and “caught” inadvertently in his downfall the leader of the Celtics. The result was a turnover and a counterattack for the Jazz, which was finished by Lauri Markkanen, giving the visiting team a point. This had to end winning by two small points.

At the end of the match, Brown did not lose his temper and felt that this reversal of fortune cost his team the match. ” You can’t make that mistake as a referee at this point in the match. It’s the fourth quarter, a minute or less left in the game, and the entire staff is blowing the damn whistle. It cost us the game. Unacceptable », snarls the Celtics wingerwho knows full well that his comments will earn him a fine from the league.

In the same tone, he adds: We can make mistakes at any moment. But at that moment it was not good. It wasn’t good, it wasn’t good. And they told me there: ‘Well, we didn’t see it. “Like none of you saw that coming. You can’t trip somebody in the fourth quarter without getting whistled. This is bullshit. »

On the referee’s side, the decision not to award a foul is defended. ” In live action, the officiating crew noted that George slipped and fell just before Brown slipped in the same spot, causing the ball to be lost before contact was made », vindicates Kevin Scott.

A mistake in the attack to make nothing better

An argument to which Brown will remain indifferent. The best scorer of this game (36 points) already in the last moments of the game had the opportunity to show his frustration to the referees. Jusuf Nurkic just scored the winning basket after an offensive rebound with 0.6 seconds left.

The Celtics’ attempt at a miracle from behind was not missed, as Brown was logically penalized with an offensive foul wanting to stand out in front of Elijah Harkless. The winger will say two words to the referee before Sam Cassel and Derrick White take him away from the referee.

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Not wanting to repeat this streak, Joe Macula believes that the third quarter of the game was fatal for his team. ” Our first half was excellent. And I think they outplayed us in the third quarter, they played harder than us. It was a combination of transition, offensive jumps, but also some of their penetrating actions, which we failed to defend without a mistake. », analyzed the coach.

Derrick White talks about “ unacceptable effort » especially in this third quarter, lost 26 to 38, when Brown admitted that sometimes they seemed to play harder than us. I guess it’s part of our learning. A team, especially back-to-back, shouldn’t play with more intensity than us. And I have to be an example on both sides of the field. So I guess I need to get better at it too. »