BOSTON -- Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving said he was responding to words he heard from the crowd when he flipped off several Boston Celtics fans on two separate occasions during Sunday's 115-114 loss in Game 1.
After the game, Irving made it clear that he would have "the same energy for them" that they had for him.
"Look, where I'm from, I'm used to all these antics and people being close nearby," Irving said after scoring a team-high 39 points in 42 minutes. "It's nothing new when I come into this building what it's going to be like -- but it's the same energy they have for me, I'm going to have the same energy for them.