Kyrie Irving on getting booed by Celtics fans: 'It’s like a scorned girlfriend' / News - Basketnews.com

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When Boston Celtics were leading against the Brooklyn Nets by 6 six points with 31 seconds to go, the Celtics fans started chanting 'Kyrie sucks' when Jaylen Brown was shooting free throws. Jayson Tatum almost immediately gestured the fans to calm down, while Kyrie Irving just shook his head and smiled.

Kyrie Irving

Team:Brooklyn NetsPosition:PG, SGAge:29Height:191 cmWeight:87 kgBirth place:Melbourne, AustraliaProfileNewsStatistics

Irving was also booed at the start of the match. He has to get accustomed to that, the player says. "I know it’s going to be like that the rest of my career coming in here," Irving told the press in the post-game conference.

"It’s like the scorned girlfriend who wants an explanation on why I left but still hoping for a text back. I’m just like, 'It was fun while it lasted'."

The last time Kyrie visited the TD Garden, he stomped the Celtics logo in the middle of the court after the match, which resulted in a fan throwing a bottle at him after the game while going to the locker room. As a result, a former Celtics player Glen 'Big Baby' Davis was sitting courtside wearing a T-shirt that read "Respect the Logo".

"Shoutout Eric Adams, man," Irving commended the mayor of New York City who recently decided to lift the COVID-19 restrictions. "It's not an easy job to be the mayor of New York City."

"With COVID looming, the vaccination mandates, everything going on in our world, with this war in Ukraine, and everybody feeling it across America, I wouldn't want to be in his shoes right now trying to delegate whether or not one basketball player can come and play at home," Irving continued. "I appreciate his comments and his stance. He knows where I stand."

"It's just the reality that it's been difficult on a lot of us in New York City and across the world. So, I know he's feeling it and I'm just grateful that he's on my side, as well as the commissioner [of the NBA]."

"Now we play the waiting game, bro. I'm waiting just as much as you," Irving finished his statement.

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