Celtics’ Jaylen Brown rips refs, calls Embiid for flopping

celtic ahead Jaylen Brown Officials said they had an “agenda” during Boston’s seven-game first-round loss. Philadelphia 76ers.

Appearing on his Twitch stream on Sunday, Brown took issue with the Sixers’ big man as well as serving against him during the series. Joel EmbiidWhich he blamed on the kind of flopping that “ruined our game.”

“Joel Embiid is a great player. One of the best players in basketball history. (But he’s) a flop. He knows it,” Brown said. “It’s not breaking news. It is what it is.”

In another part of the Twitch stream, Brown showed a play where the Sixers forward Paul George Appear slightly pushed off before making an offensive move.

“If you’re going to make a push-off call, make the call,” Brown said. “Same moves, same refs. Oh, it’s nothing? It’s going on, right?

“But you call me? Everyone does it… but if it was me, it would be a flagrant foul.”

Brown was called for 10 offensive fouls in the first round, double the next highest player (Jalen Duren, Karl-Anthony Towns, Nehemiah Quetta, Stephen Castle)

“Every good basketball player does that. What are you all talking about? They clearly had an agenda,” Brown said. “If Jaylen makes that move, call an offensive foul and follow him every time. I don’t know if it’s because I pissed off the ref. I’ve been critical of them and I’ve called them a lot of times. So they were like, ‘You know what, I got you in the playoffs. Watch it.’ (Because) that’s exactly what they did.

“It’s obviously an agenda. Look at the same move. Some referees that if I had to pick, if I had to say, like there are some referees that need to be investigated. We’ve had three in the last three games.”

During the regular season, Brown ranked second with 40 offensive fouls against him. Towns was first with 65.

In the Celtics-76ers series, foul calls were relatively even between the two teams. The Celtics were called for 136 personal fouls, the Sixers were called for 132.