Kyrie Irving Gives Middle Finger to Celtics Crowd Twice During Game 1

Kyrie Irving appeared to present his middle finger to the TD Garden crowd during Sunday's Celtics-Nets first-round playoff opener.

"I know what to expect in here and it's the same energy I'm giving back to them. It is what it is. I'm not really focused on it. It's fun. Again, where I'm from, I've dealt with so much, so coming in here, you relish it as a competitor.

"I'm gonna keep repeating myself: This isn't my first time at TD Garden. So what you guys saw and what you guys think as entertainment or fans think as entertainment -- all is fair in competition. So, if somebody's gonna call me out on my name, I'm gonna look at them straight in the eye and see if they're really about it. Most of the time, they're not.

To Irving's credit, he had a performance for the ages in Game 1, dropping 39 points on 12 of 20 shooting on the Celtics. Still, it

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