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Brad Stevens Speaks on Jae Crowder’s Criticism of Fans Cheering Gordon Hayward
- Updated: January 4, 2017
During pregame introductions for Tuesday’s game between the Utah Jazz and Boston Celtics, fans at the TD Garden were noticeably cheering Jazz star Gordon Hayward, which caused Celtics forward Jae Crowder to criticize them.
Crowder, who has been with the team since 2014, issued this response on Twitter following the game:
HOME TEAM FANS CHEERING FOR THE OPPOSING PLAYERS NOW.. AW MAN OK… SMH BUT GOOD WIN FELLAS ONTO THE NEXT ONE.!!
— JAE CROWDER (@CJC9BOSS) January 4, 2017
Crowder expanded on his thoughts after the game in the locker room, taking the fans’ feelings toward Hayward as an attack on him.
“I heard the cheering before the game. I didn’t like that at all,” said Crowder, per ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg. “I think that was a sign of disrespect to me from the fans. That sparked a little fire in me. I just felt disrespected.”
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