\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe NBA has fined Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown $50,000 for public criticism of game officials following Boston’s first-round exit from the playoffs.The fine was announced by NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations James Jones on Tuesday night, two days after Brown said in a livestream he hosts that game officials \u201cclearly had an agenda\u201d to call fouls against him for “pushing off” when he drove toward the basket while handling the ball.\u201cThere\u2019s some referees that need to be investigated,\u201d Brown said on the livestream Sunday, a day after the Celtics’ 109-100 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series.\u201cEvery good basketball player does this. What are y\u2019all talking about? They clearly had an agenda,\u201d Brown said.Brown was previously fined $35,000 in January after a two-minute postgame rant about the officiating following Boston’s loss to San Antonio.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tBOSTON \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The NBA has fined Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown $50,000 for public criticism of game officials following Boston’s first-round exit from the playoffs.<\/p>\n The fine was announced by NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations James Jones on Tuesday night, two days after Brown said in a livestream he hosts that game officials \u201cclearly had an agenda\u201d to call fouls against him for “pushing off” when he drove toward the basket while handling the ball.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s some referees that need to be investigated,\u201d Brown said on the livestream Sunday, a day after the Celtics’ 109-100 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery good basketball player does this. What are y\u2019all talking about? They clearly had an agenda,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n