The NBA just punished Jaylen Brown (but it could help the Celtics)

San Antonio Spurs v Boston Celtics | Jesse D. Garrabrant/GettyImagesThe NBA has fined Jaylen Brown $35,000 for his rant about how he and the Boston Celtics are officiated. Specifically, he took umbrage with the inconsistent nature of how their games against the league's top competition are adjudicated.

"I'm tired of the inconsistency. I'll accept the fine at this point," said Brown after Boston's 100-95 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday. "I hope somebody can just pull up the clips, because it's the same [expletive] every time we play a good team. It's like they refuse to make a call, then call touch fouls on the other end, and that's just extremely frustrating, bro. Like play hard.…