Throughout a Recreation 1 loss on Sunday, Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving could not assist however reply to the boos, taunts, and insults of Boston Celtics followers.
On Tuesday, Irving was given a $50,000 tremendous from the NBA for “obscene gestures and profane language” directed on the Boston crowd.
Irving, 30, performed two seasons with the Celtics and described the followers in Boston as a “scorned girlfriend” after a sport in March. His Nets teammate Kevin Durant provided the same rationalization Tuesday.