Jaylen Brown calls out officiating in Boston Celtics’ controversial loss to the Pacers

“Of course I’m pissed about it,” said Brown postgame.

Playing on a ball club known for having players on it who are not afraid to complain to a referee when they think they were slighted by a call, star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown is something of an exception when it comes to that sort of thing, rivaled by only Derrick White and Al Horford when it comes to not giving officials a hard time in green and white.

So Brown’s words should probably carry extra weight when he does complain. And after Monday night’s controversial loss to the Indiana Pacers, Brown did just that. A call in the game’s waning seconds with the score tied shifted what was originally called a foul that could have sealed the game for Boston into a possession and ultimately a win for Indiana upon review.

Brown, who was attacking the basket, saw a foul called on Pacers guard Buddy Hield due to contact with the Georgia native’s head — contact he would admit to Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla he thought was a foul as well — reversed, confusingly, upon review.