With 6:52 left in a tie game, Brown received a flagrant foul after knocking Antetokounmpo to the court while he was driving for a shot attempt. Brown said he did not have the earlier incident between the two players in mind when he hit Antetokounmpo with the hard foul.

First, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo gave Boston's Jaylen Brown a fake handshake after an offensive foul, pulling his arm back at the last second with a wry smile. Brown obviously was displeased. He later gave Antetokounmpo a hard foul in the fourth quarter,