Jaylen Brown Angrily Calls out Celtics Fans After Game 7 Victory

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The Boston Celtics are on the verge of completing what should be considered the greatest mid-season turnaround in NBA history.

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Midway through January, the Celtics were below .500, and now they are about to compete in the NBA Championship against the Golden State Warriors.

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With Ime Udoka’s elite defensive scheme and a great crop of talent, Boston has emerged out of the Eastern Conference after an intense battle with the Miami Heat.

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Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, and the entire Celtics roster will now get to compete in their first NBA Finals.

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However, it wasn’t an easy road for Boston. In fact, it was a road full of doubters and critics.

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After their Game 7 win in Miami, Brown caught up with Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports and discussed the negative dialogue that surrounded the team all year.

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“That trade talk was loud, and most of it came from Boston fans,” Brown revealed to Haynes. “It’s a city that doesn’t tolerate excuses.

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But in reality, early in the season we had a new coach, we had a new front office, I missed about 15 games early in the season and that caused us to not be clicking on all cylinders like we wanted to be.

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People were impatient, so I understand. But fast forward, we got healthy, we got everybody back and now the sky’s the limit.”

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