After the Golden State Warriors won Game 2, the Celtics had plenty to say about Draymond...
Now the Boston fans will try to return the favor.With championship banners hanging in the rafters, the ghosts of old confrontations and new , the Celtics and their loyal army will do their best to make sure TD Garden lives up to its billing as an intimidating venue.Much of the talk coming from the Celtics’ side since Game 2 has been about Green, about how he should have gotten a second technical and been tossed, about his trash talking, about his physicality.
Green got Brown as a defensive assignment in Game 2, and was swarming him. On a Brown 3-point attempt, Green fouled him and the players fell together to the floor. Green’s legs were on top of Brown, Brown pushed him off and stood over him, then Green got up, pulling on Brown’s shorts in the process. Brown said it was an “illegal play” and that Green “tried to pull my pants down.”
The discussion carried into Tuesday’s media availability. How should the Celtics respond to Green’s tactics? It’s hard for teams to block out Green. Has been for a long time. When he plays the way he did in Game 2, physically aggressive and nonstop trash talking, he can overwhelm players. Green has perfected the art of trash talking. He learned it on the streets of Saginaw, Mich., honed it at Michigan State and has become the da Vinci of the genre in the NBA. His talk fuels his physicality and his physicality enlivens his talk.