{"id":652757,"date":"2026-03-11T13:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/652757\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:51:15","slug":"patrick-beverley-comes-to-jaylen-browns-defense-following-ejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/652757\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Beverley Comes To Jaylen Brown&#8217;s Defense Following Ejection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NBA guard Patrick Beverley came to the aid of <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a> star Jaylen Brown following Brown&#8217;s ejection during Tuesday&#8217;s loss to the San Antonio Spurs.The incident occurred midway through the second quarter when Brown received two quick technical fouls for arguing a no-call on what he believed was a foul during a turnover. Crew chief Tyler Ford explained postgame that officials saw no illegal contact in live play, leading to the ejection after Brown&#8217;s continued protests.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The league don\u2019t want you to get MVP Sir it\u2019s Really sad because you deserve it this year\ud83d\udc90\ud83d\udc90\ud83d\udc90 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mFpV0XsDng\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/mFpV0XsDng<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patbev21\/status\/2031625643889152475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beverely reposted Brown and asserted that the league doesn&#8217;t want to see JB win MVP.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange fueled discussions about Brown&#8217;s MVP candidacy, especially with the Celtics holding a strong 43-22 record in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts have noted Brown&#8217;s career-best performance this season as a key factor, though some like Bleacher Report&#8217;s Andy Bailey have dismissed the MVP hype as overblown, citing Brown&#8217;s rankings in advanced metrics.<\/p>\n<p>Brown&#8217;s ejection came at an inopportune time, as the matchup against MVP contender Victor Wembanyama offered a prime opportunity to bolster his case. In MVP odds, Brown sits behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Wembanyama, Nikola Jokic, and Cade Cunningham.\u00a0 Boston next faces Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, giving JB another chance to shine.<\/p>\n<p>Jaylen is averaging 28.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 5.1 assists per game through 58 appearances this season while shooting 48.0% from the field.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\/news\/bill-simmons-shares-unexpected-baylor-scheierman-jayson-tatum-theory\/afd90546daf62ef142cf518f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Simmons Shares Unexpected Baylor Scheierman-Jayson Tatum Theory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NBA guard Patrick Beverley came to the aid of Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown following Brown&#8217;s ejection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-652757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-bostonceltics","12":"tag-celtics","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116210872309793215","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}