Celtics star accuses referees of having an ‘agenda’ against him after playoff exit

Boston Celtics prima Jaylen Brown accused NBA officials of having an "agenda" against him successful nan team’s playoff bid against nan Philadelphia 76ers, which ended successful a Game 7 defeat.

Brown touched connected 76ers halfway Joel Embiid getting calls aft Boston mislaid to Philadelphia connected Saturday night. He further went aft referees successful a livestream.

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Boston Celtics defender Jaylen Brown dribbles nan shot against nan Philadelphia 76ers during nan first 4th astatine Xfinity Mobile Arena successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected April 30, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

"They support saying location are push-offs and worldly for illustration that," he said, via Mass Live. "Do you cognize really galore players do that? That’s nan communal play, a hoops play. Every subordinate does it. So why are you targeting me? They intelligibly had an agenda. Maybe because I had spoken and was captious of nan refs successful nan regular season. So you cognize really they responded? You’re going to lead nan playoffs successful violative fouls. That was nan consequence from nan officiating crew.

"I really said to immoderate refs and location was an schedule going into each game. Anytime Jaylen brings his limb up, conscionable from reputation, conscionable telephone it. Paul George does nan aforesaid thing. Jalen Brunson does nan aforesaid thing. I tin spell down nan list. It’s a hoops play, whether y’all judge it aliases not. Everybody does that erstwhile you drive, particularly erstwhile you sewage bodies connected you. Philly took advantage of it and they took advantage of nan officiating and it costs america to immoderate degree."

Philadelphia won nan last game of nan series, 109-100. Embiid had 34 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Embiid made 9 of his 11 free-throw attempts.

Philadelphia 76ers guardant Paul George and Boston Celtics defender Jaylen Brown compete for a loose shot during nan first 4th of crippled 7 successful nan first information of nan 2026 NBA playoffs astatine TD Garden successful Boston, Mass., connected May 2, 2026. (Winslow Townson/Imagn Images)

Brown made captious comments toward Embiid.

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"Embiid put a batch of unit connected us, for illustration connected each our bigs and our guards," he said. "We didn’t really person an reply for him. We tried a bunch of different things and he just, he’s a large body, and besides he was flopping around, he sewage immoderate other calls and worldly for illustration that, and they rewarded him for that. That’s nan convention that we’re in. So, that’s each I sewage to say."

Brown averaged 25.7 points per crippled and changeable 45.5% from nan floor.

He was nan champion Celtics subordinate each play arsenic nan squad was without Jayson Tatum for most of nan season. He played successful 71 games and averaged 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.

Philadelphia 76ers defender Tyrese Maxey drives past Boston Celtics defender Jaylen Brown during nan 3rd 4th astatine Xfinity Mobile Arena successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected April 30, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

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Boston was 56-26 and vanished 2nd successful nan Eastern Conference.