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Kyrie Irving Makes “Scorned Girlfriend” Boston Fans’ Blood Boil With Latest 5 Word Attack

Published 04/16/2022, 11:00 AM EDT

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Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets have qualified for the playoffs. They beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the play-in tournament to be the 7th seed and advance to the playoffs. They will clash against the Boston Celtics and it would be obviously extra special for Kyrie Irving.

Kyrie joined the Boston Celtics in 2016. After playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers for 6 seasons he played 2 seasons for the Celtics before joining the Brooklyn Nets in 2019. He outperformed his career average in almost every stat in the two seasons he played for the Celtics. He averaged 24.1 points, 6.1 assists, and 4.4 rebounds with 48.9 FG% during his time with them.

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But he did not leave them in a manner of mutual respect. Moreover, when the Nets beat the Celtics in the playoffs last season, Kyrie stomped his foot on the crest of the Celtics as the Nets won the series 4-1.

READ MORE: Kyrie stomps on Celtics logo as fans react in kind.

This season the Celtics fans returned the favor to Kyrie in the regular-season game. They chanted “Kyrie s**ks” towards the end of the game while they were close to the victory. The former Cleveland player had even compared the Celtics fans to a ‘scorned girlfriend.’ Now Kyrie has hit them again with a subtle dig.

Kyrie Irving wants to put behind the Boston Celtics beef

Ahead of the playoffs clash between the Brooklyn Nets and the Boston Celtics, Irving has dropped massive words to suggest that he is over his Celtics days. However, how much would the Celtics fans forget or forgive is still in question.

Kyrie’s words were clear evidence that he wanted to get past his Boston Celtics era and just move on. However, it was also a subtle dig at the fans as he reminded them of his performances and rather asked them to “move forward”.

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Kyrie said, “Just a new paradigm, baby.” The 5 word ‘attack’ might have been subtle or in a sense of going past the differences between him and his former team. However, the fans were not pleased one bit.

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Many fans came in defense of the Nets man but most of them showed obvious bitterness towards Kyrie Irving. The Nets vs Celtics playoff series now has an extra spice like we all knew it would.

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WATCH THIS STORY: When Kyrie begged to be traded.

The recent words of Kyrie have just sparked it even more. Will Kyrie be able to silence the crowd? It will be exciting to see.

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Chaitanya Sharma

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Chaitanya is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He completed his engineering from SRM University. Having determined an interest in football and basketball, he was inclined towards having a job in the sports industry.
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Arunaditya Aima