Jaylen Brown was ejected from the Boston Celtics loss to the San Antonio Spurs Tuesday night after getting hit with two technical fouls for arguing a non-call. The ejection came with about three-and-a-half minutes to play in the first half, leaving Boston without their best player this season.
Jayson Tatum fired shots at the league officials following the Boston Celtics’ loss to the San Antonio Spurs at the Frost Bank Center. The Celtics forward was far from satisfied with the second-quarter incident that saw his teammate, Jaylen Brown, ejected after picking up two technical fouls in quick succession.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
The Celtics and Spurs have now played two very close, tightly-matched games. Unfortunately for Boston, the Spurs have pulled away each time, and each time Jaylen Brown has had a problem with the officiating.
Jayson Tatum, who tore his Achilles on May 12 last year, defied the odds by returning to the court in less than a year when he played last week. But shockingly, he had even considered making a comeback earlier, which begs the question: how was his recovery from an injury that typically carries a 12–18 month timeline so quick?
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
Jaylen Brown pulled a Puka Nacua during Tuesday night’s game. The Boston Celtics star Brown was ejected on Tuesday against the San Antonio Spurs. In the second quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, Brown was issued two technical fouls and ejected after arguing a no-call.
The Boston Celtics increased their lead over the third-place New York Knicks on Monday night, by doing nothing more than sitting in their hotel rooms in San Antonio. That's because the Knicks lost again, their second-straight loss and third in their last four games.
The Boston Celtics have thrived this season with Derrick White playing the role of one of the lead scorers. The Celtics are in second place in the Eastern Conference and have accomplished this with Jayson Tatum sidelined due to an Achilles injury.
Of the Boston Celtics reserves making key contributions this season, second-year guard Baylor Scheierman has given the C's some really good minutes over the past month or so.
Since being selected by the Boston Celtics as the No. 30 pick of the 2024 NBA draft, Baylor Scheierman has quietly established himself as an important contributor in Joe Mazzulla’s rotation.
The Boston Celtics will be without veteran center Nikola Vucevic for a while. Vucevic underwent surgery Saturday morning to stabilize a fracture in the ring finger on his right shooting hand.
Veteran center Nikola Vucevic fractured the ring finger on his right (shooting) hand and will miss the remainder of Friday’s game vs. Dallas, the Celtics announced (via Twitter).