Grant Williams pulled a Dillon Brooks in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night, and that’s not a good thing.
Williams’ Boston Celtics lost 111-105 to the Miami Heat to fall behind 0-2 in their series. The Celtics led by 12 points with 10:35 left in the game, but things went awry after Williams started to poke the bear.
With 6:37 left, Williams made a 3-pointer to put Boston up 96-87. He started taunting Jimmy Butler afterwards. The next time down the court, Butler responded with a bucket, and the two players butted heads like a couple of rams fighting for dominance.
Jimmy Butler and Grant Williams getting in each other's faces pic.twitter.com/LdME6wCNOb
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It seems like Williams’ move of bravado was not too wise.
Much like how things went for Brooks when he poked the metaphorical LeBron James bear in the Grizzlies-Lakers series during the first round, Williams woke up Butler and the Heat, who then went on a big run to come back and win the game.
After Williams’ trash talk, the Celtics got outscored 24-9.
Heat went on a 24-9 run after this Jimmy-Grant Williams incident
Life comes at you fast 😅 pic.twitter.com/O6UQHVmxS7
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Williams apparently started to celebrate a little too early. Next time he shouldn’t start to talk until after his team wins the series.
