Joe Mazzulla quickly shut down any notion that was the case.

Both Joe Mazzulla and Jaylen Brown were furious with the officiating in Thursday night's Boston Celtics loss to the Chicago Bulls

Celtics forward Jaylen Brown took issue with back-to-back technical fouls called on coach Joe Mazzulla and himself late in the fourth quarter of Boston’s 117-108 loss to the Chicago Bulls.

Mazzulla was called for a technical foul after approaching the officials to argue over a call. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum were also called for techs in the waning minutes of Thursday's loss.

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