Then, before Monday’s game, Brown quote-tweeted a clip of the Timberwolves’ broadcast crew calling his hot start against Minnesota. He said it was a “hating a**” broadcast.” Brown opened the game with five threes in a row and the local Minnesota announcers had a lot to say.

Sunday night in the NBA featured an awesome battle between the reigning champion Boston Celtics and title contender Minnesota Timberwolves. The Celtics prevailed 107-105 behind a strong shooting performance from perennial All-NBA forward Jaylen Brown (29 points), especially from behind the arc.

Jaylen Brown scored the Celtics' first 15 points on five consecutive 3-pointers and finished with 29 points, before Boston withstood a late charge to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-105 on Sunday.