Through three games of this first-round series, the seventh-seeded Magic have displayed a physical style of basketball that the defending champion Celtics say they believe is over the line.

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown entered the playoffs battling a bone bruise in his right knee, and now has a dislocated finger to contend with after being on the receiving end of a flagrant foul from Cole Anthony in the Orlando Magic's 95-93 win in Game 3 of the teams' first-round series.

Jaylen Brown says if the Celtics and Magic have to throw down to determine their first-round playoff series, so be it.