Jaylen Brown cracked a smile when a reporter read ... 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.”

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 has always been one of the more quiet players for the Boston Celtics, but he's showing he's not afraid to fire back.

Jaylen Brown addressed some long-standing criticism from the Timberwolves broadcast after the Celtics defeated Minnesota.

The Timberwolves announcers couldn’t believe Jaylen Brown was hitting so many shots after a cold start to the season.

The Boston Celtics took down the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday in a highly-competitive game. Minnesota rallied back to make it a close matchup in the fourth

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown didn't seem to appreciate the Minnesota Timberwolves ' broadcast booth's comments made at the beginning of Boston's 117-115 victory over Minnesota on Sunday. Brown was off to a blazing start in the first quarter, as he hit a three-point shot and followed that up with a block on the other end.

Jaylen Brown rattled off five straight threes to start Sunday's game, and finished with 29 points. Read more on Boston.com.

Brown's three-point shooting percentage was well below his career average and then he made five straight shots from downtown to start Sunday's game.

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown got a chuckle and offered an opinion after seeing a viral clip on social media of Timberwolves television announcers Michael Grady and Jim Petersen reacting to his hot start Sunday against Minnesota.