'Hating (expletive) broadcast': Jaylen Brown responds to Wolves announcers

Brown drained five straight 3-pointers to open the game in Boston's 107-105 win over the Wolves on Sunday.

Nov 24, 2024; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) shoots the ball against the Minnesota Timberwolves during the first half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images / Eric Canha-Imagn Images

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown got a chuckle and offered an opinion after seeing a viral clip on social media of Timberwolves television announcers Michael Grady and Jim Petersen reacting to his hot start Sunday against Minnesota.

"Hating a** broadcast lol," Brown wrote in response to a clip of Grady and Petersen expressing disbelief that Brown hit five straight 3s for Boston's first 15 points in a 107-105 Wolves loss.

"Jaylen Brown, who has not shot the ball great from outside the arc, knocks down that slot 3 right there," said Petersen after Brown's 3-pointer opened scoring Sunday. "You look at his shot chart, Michael, it is not good. It's not a green shot chart at all. There's a lot of red and there's a lot of white. White is league average, red is under the league average."

As Petersen was saying that, Brown blocked a Jaden McDaniels shot. Twenty seconds later, Brown drained another 3, which left Petersen slightly irritated.

"Come on," said Petersen.

"Career-lows so far this season for Jaylen Brown," Grady followed up.

"Literally from that spot on the floor, he's 4-of-23 on the season," Petersen chirped.

Brown proceeded to drain another triple a few moments later.

"[Brown] just said 'Take that with you, take that shooting chart,'" Grady quipped in response to Petersen's analysis. "Oh my goodness."

Then Brown buried an off-balance, pull-up 3 from the right wing.

"Unbelievable," Petersen grumbled. "Coming into this game, I go, literally I would give him that shot."

Minnesota's broadcast crew was having a hard time coping with Jaylen Brown's fast start today 😂 pic.twitter.com/YkM6OCinu7

— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) November 25, 2024

To Grady and Petersen's credit, the hot hand from three was a bit of out of the ordinary for Brown, who is shooting 32.7% from beyond the arc this season, a career low. Brown finished the narrow Celtics win with 29 points, knocking down 7-of-10 from 3-point range.