BOSTON — On Wednesday night, Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown sent a message to Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart. After dunking on the Pistons enforcer late in the first quarter, Brown ...

BOSTON -- Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for his "inappropriate gesture" toward Isaiah Stewart of the Pistons on Wednesday night. Brown made a throat slash ...

Jaylen Brown was hit with a fine after making what the NBA called an "inappropriate gesture." The Boston Celtics star motioned his thumb across his throat shortly after a dunk on Wednesday.

Jaylen Brown said he expected to hear from the league after he made a throat-slash gesture following a poster dunk on Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart on Wednesday night. He was right.

NEW YORK (AP) — Boston forward Jaylen Brown was fined $25,000 by the NBA for his throat-slash gesture after a dunk against Detroit on Wednesday night. NBA head of basketball operations Joe ...

The Boston Celtics routed the Indiana Pacers on Friday evening in what was a get-right game for themselves. After the fact, head coach Joe Mazzulla had one of his classic quotes to sum up the ...

“Just caught up in the moment, I guess,” Brown said afterward. “Big play." The NBA has fined players in the past for similar gestures, including Kevin Durant in 2013 and Dwyane Wade in 2016.

Brown was not the first NBA player to be hit in the wallet over the throat slashing gesture. Dwayne Wade, then playing for the Chicago Bulls, was hit with a $25,000 fine for the gesture in 2016.

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla was fined $35,000 following his confrontation with referee Justin Van Duyne after Thursday night's loss to the Chicago Bulls. The NBA levied the fine on ...

Additionally, during the Celtics loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Christmas Day, 76ers star center Joel Embiid was fined for a gesture toward the Boston crowd.