Kevin Durant bristles against Nets teammate’s comments about Celtics big men
dispatched the Cleveland Cavaliers in the play-in game to clinch a the No. 7 seed and secure a date with the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs. His teammate, guard Bruce Brown, had already been by the podium just minutes earlier.
“What did Bruce Brown say when he got up here?” Durant asked reporters gathered for the press conference. “He said something I didn’t like, somebody just told me.”
Brown had been asked about the key to slowing down a Boston team (51-31) that earned the No. 2 seed behind the play of star swingman Jayson Tatum and guard Jaylen Brown. Because the Celtics are likely to be without center Robert Williams III, who had surgery at the end of March to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, Brown said he thought it would be best to focus on neutralizing Boston’s front court.