Celtics guard Jaylen Brown poked the bear.
During the third quarter of Tuesday’s matchup between Boston and the Warriors, Brown drew an and-one after knocking down a bucket over Golden State star Steph Curry.
Brown immediately unleashed the “too small” celebration to taunt Curry as the Celtics built a double-digit lead. Boston’s social media team proceeded to post Brown’s jeer to all platforms.
Well, that post backfired. The Warriors outscored the Celtics by 11 points in the fourth quarter to force overtime, and Curry gave the Celtics the “night night” treatment with a 25-foot dagger in the final minute to secure Golden State’s 132–126 win.
After the game, NBA fans logged onto X (formerly Twitter) to blast the Celtics for prematurely posting that photo of Brown’s viral taunt.
TOO SMALL pic.twitter.com/SNrP6sTNS1
— Emmanuel Alejandro Rondón (@rondon_EA26) December 20, 2023
proud daddy of the boston celtics pic.twitter.com/Z9jiVlfJo5
— Ego 💫 (@egoovo) December 20, 2023
Curry cooked ya man after that! Never trash talk with legends
— SportsCorner365 (@sportscorner921) December 20, 2023
This post - too soon 🔜
— A-Warrior (@iTalkTrueSense) December 20, 2023
Came short with the win
— intricateone (@intricateone) December 20, 2023
— monáe 𓅓 🇺🇸 (@PhillyMonae) December 20, 2023
A Few Moments Later: pic.twitter.com/E7u5ImhODZ
— David (@dgiuli1) December 20, 2023
The Warriors and Celtics match up again March 3 at TD Garden in Boston. We’ll see if Brown learned his lesson by then.
