Celtics' Jaylen Brown ejected in 2nd quarter at Spurs - ESPN

SAN ANTONIO — Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown was ejected in the second quarter of Tuesday's 125-116 loss to the San Antonio Spurs after officials whistled him for back-to-back technical fouls.

On the Boston offensive possession before the technical fouls, Brown appeared to stumble out of bounds while being guarded by Spurs point guard Stephon Castle, resulting in a turnover. Brown argued vociferously with official Tyler Ford on the way down to the other end of the court that Castle pushed him out of bounds.

Ford, the crew chief for Tuesday's game, said «in live play, we did not observe any illegal contact» on the no-call that led to Brown's charged reaction.

Ford eventually whistled Brown for a technical foul. But the Celtics guard continued to argue with Ford, and official Suyash Mehta promptly whistled Brown for another technical foul as teammate Sam Hauser stepped in to restrain Brown. The second technical foul resulted in Brown's ejection.

Ford said Brown received the first technical foul «for aggressively pointing and using profanity and resentment to the no-call.» Ford said the second tech was called because Brown «aggressively approached a game official while pointing and using profanity.»

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla, meanwhile, displayed support for Brown in an indirect, yet humorous way.

Asked about Brown's ejection, Mazzulla said: «I just give a ton of credit to my high school principal. He had the balls to throw a student out. He didn't leave it to the hall monitor.»

Asked what frustrated him about the sequence involving the ejection, Mazzulla said, «He was a hell of a principal.»

The Celtics had a 51-49 lead at the time of Brown's ejection. Brown continued to argue with the officials as teammates, Celtics