Kyrie Irving went at it with Boston followers throughout the Brooklyn Nets’ 115-114 loss to the Celtics throughout Recreation 1 of their playoff collection on Sunday. The previous Celtics level guard flipped off followers and informed one heckler to “suck my dick.”

Irving scored a team-high 39 factors within the recreation, which got here all the way down to the ultimate seconds.

“When folks begin yelling ‘pussy,’ and ‘bitch’ and ‘fuck you’ and all this different stuff, there’s solely however a lot you may take as a competitor, and we’re those anticipated to be docile and be humble and take a humble strategy,” Irving mentioned after the sport. “Nah, fuck that. It’s the playoffs.”

Kyrie Irving, Celtics
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Irving performed for the Celtics from 2017 to 2019, earlier than he left to affix Kevin Durant and the Nets, inflicting a rift between himself and Boston sports activities followers.

As for the way he handles it on the basketball court docket, Irving remarked, “it’s the darkish aspect, embrace it.”

“I wasn’t actually centered on the followers,” Durant mentioned, when requested if the followers crossed the road. “We all know they’ll present out and help their group, however we all know they’ll let Kyrie hear it as a lot as doable. It’s what it’s. It is part of the game.”

Take a look at clips from the sport, in addition to Irving’s rationalization of his habits under.

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