Celtics’ Jaylen Brown fined $25,000 for throat-slash dunk celebration

Jaylen Brown’s intuition was correct: The NBA was not pleased with his controversial dunk celebration during Wednesday night’s Celtics win.

The league fined the Boston star $25,000 on Friday for his throat-slash gesture directed at Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart.

An NBA statement said the fine was for “making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court.”

Asked after Wednesday’s game whether he expected to hear from the league about the play, Brown replied: “Oh yeah.”

“Just caught up in the moment, I guess,” said Brown, who dunked on Stewart late in the first quarter of the Celtics’ 130-120 win at TD Garden. “Big play. I think that the NBA and the (players association) are sensitive about the gestures and things like that, so I’ve got to be mindful of that.”

Brown, who finished with 28 points, nine assists, six rebounds and three steals against Detroit, was the first Celtics player to receive an NBA fine this season.

Boston will host the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday for the first end of a home back-to-back.

from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/am1DKjy