Former Boston Celtics bench guard Eddie House, a key part of the club’s 2008 title team, has intervened in former Celtics power forward Grant Williams’ flagrant 2 foul on the wing -Boston All-NBA center Jayson Tatum during the first of two consecutive games. -Meetings between Boston and Williams’ Charlotte Hornets last night. In that 124-109 Celtics victory, Williams shoved Tatum, sending the 6-foot-10 superstar to the ground. The force of Williams’ push also sent him to the ground.

After the game, another former Celtics All-Star teammate of Williams, forward Jaylen Brown, spoke about the moment.

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House, for his part, barely sees what happened as a basketball play.

“I was told this when I was young: that every brother is not a brother. And just because we can be great, there’s something there… I mean, that’s not even a ball game. That’s something that’s “That play isn’t It was a basketball play, and he actually could have done something crazy to Jayson Tatum. “Thank God it wasn’t one of those (cases),” House said.

After an ice-cold shooting performance in the 2023 playoffs for Boston, Williams signed a four-year, $54 million sign-and-trade deal with the Dallas Mavericks. However, he was so disappointing there too that he was traded to Charlotte at the February 2024 trade deadline. His two former teams would meet in last season’s NBA Finals, with the Celtics prevailing over the Mavericks in five games.

“We know that wasn’t a basketball play. And just like Jaylen said, he knows more than that. He knows, or maybe he doesn’t! Maybe he just (thinks), ‘This is what I’m about to do.’ ., and it doesn’t matter.’ “There are certain ways to set the tone, in the game, to be physical, and certain ways to be borderline dirty… and that right there, that was right on the line of being dirty,” House added. “That’s something I don’t think anyone should tolerate.”

The Celtics and Hornets will meet again on Saturday night at 6 pm ET. Fans on both sides will be watching Williams with bated breath.

Williams, a bench player on a 2-3 Hornets team that will be happy to make the postseason, scored just six points on 2-of-6 shooting from the field in his 30:24 of action, while grabbing seven rebounds, He passed for three assists and a steal.

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